OB-GYN: "Congress Must Codify Trump's Order On Gender"

A former OB-GYN says the House and Senate are working to codify into law Trump's executive order on gender.

He is urging Congress to move quickly to codify into law President Trump's Executive Order that legally defines gender as either "male" or "female."

Be informed, not misled.

As budget reconciliation continues, Republicans in both chambers are working to codify many of the president's executive orders, including the federal government's recognition of only two genders, male and female.

This is very encouraging because if the many Executive Orders the president has signed are not codified into law, they can be overturned by a future president who does not hold the same beliefs. 

It seems odd that a law is required to address biological realities, but Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), a former OBGYN who delivered an estimated 5,000 babies before his political career, told Washington Watch Monday that it is important that Congress get one on the books.

"People ask me what I miss most about obstetrics, and it's the moment that baby was born," he told show host Tony Perkins.

Marshall said he would clean the baby, stimulate it to cry, and then hand it to the parents.

"I'd say, 'It's a boy' or 'It's a girl.' Nobody ever gave me the baby back and said, 'Hey, we don't want to assign the sex yet,'" he asserted. "It's hard for me to imagine here I am eight years later, and we're arguing about this."

He thinks a law supporting Trump's EO would end a lot of the arguing.

So last week, Marshall introduced the Defining Male and Female Act of 2025, a bill codifying the legal definitions of male, female, and sex to ensure they are based on biological reality rather than radical left-wing ideology.

Sen. Marshall says in the bill, “The Democrats’ radical transgender agenda is dangerous and wrong. We shouldn’t need legislation to tell us the basic reality that there are only two sexes, but here we are. I’m thankful President Trump has made this a top priority and signed an Executive Order on his first day in office recognizing that there are only two sexes. Congress must ensure this historic action is written into law by passing the Defining Male and Female Act.”

Senator Marshall’s bill is cosponsored in the Senate by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Tim Sheehy (R-Montana), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), and Pete Ricketts (R-Nebraska)

Senator Sheehy said, "Boys are boys, girls are girls, and gone are the days of woke nonsense like calling mothers ‘birthing persons.’ Supporting this legislation is a no-brainer and I’m proud to be restoring common sense in America.” 

U.S. Representative Mary Miller (R-Illinois-15) introduced the House companion version of the bill. 

She says, “Now more than ever, we must unite to uphold the truth and biological reality established by God that there are only two sexes. I am proud to stand alongside Senator Marshall in introducing the House companion to the Defining Male and Female Act to ensure our nation upholds common sense and puts an end to the Left’s dangerous and extreme sexual fantasies.”

Some background: 

Specifically, the Defining Male and Female Act recognizes the following:

The definition of male and female on the basis of a person belonging, at conception, to the sex characterized by a reproductive system with the biological function of producing eggs or producing sperm.

• The right of girls and women to sex-separate sports and scholarships.
• The sex separation of restrooms, locker and dorm rooms, prisons, and shelters for victims of sexual assault.

Senator Marshall has been a leader in defending biological reality and protecting children from radical gender ideology. His actions include:

• Introducing the End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act, legislation that prohibits the use of federal funding for gender transition procedures and bars federal healthcare facilities, physicians, and providers from providing such procedures.
• Leading landmark legislation, the Safeguarding the Overall Protection of Minors Act, which would protect America’s children from the irreversible physical and emotional harm caused by transgender procedures.
• Supporting the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, legislation that would save girls’ and women’s sports and preserve Title IX protections for female athletes.

Takeaway

Rep. Mary Miller said when she introduced her companion House bill, "Since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office, they have obliterated Title IX, allowing confused and predatory men into women's sports and restrooms. The Defining Male and Female Act would provide clear legal definitions so that neither the Biden administration nor any future administration can redefine Title IX. We must protect biological women and girls' safety and opportunities, and I urge the House to act swiftly in passing this bill to recognize the fundamental differences between men and women."

Sen. (Dr.) Marshall reflected, "No one's promised tomorrow. We don't know who the next president is going to be. It's important long term that we codify this. It's important to me, and I think Christians everywhere, that we protect the rights of young ladies, we protect their safety, and we protect their dignity."

In his view, this argument is a spiritual issue at its core.

I agree.

"People are saying that we are God, that we get to determine whether this is a male or a female. So, they're rejecting the perfection of God," the senator said. "God knew us, made us perfectly. In the womb, we were made perfectly. So, they want to reject what God has given us."

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