Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 5. Madam Speaker, H.R. 5, the so-called Equality Act, should really be called the ``Forfeiting Women's Rights Act.'' According to multiple experts, lawyers, and organizations, H.R. 5 would indeed prohibit, in all circumstances, under penalty of Federal law, any acknowledgement of the reality of biological sex; would allow anyone at any time to declare that he or she identifies as the opposite sex, without any medical or psychological diagnosis. It would erase women and girls' rights by requiring facilities, such as schools, churches, dormitories, domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, to allow biological males who identify as women in women's bathrooms, women's and girls' shelters, women's and girls' showers, and in women's locker rooms. This will indeed violate women's privacy and can ultimately violate their safety. The danger to women when biological men seek to claim female identity should seem obvious, but it is being ignored by proponents of this bill. H.R. 5 puts women at risk by promoting a Federal law that would overrule any restriction on gender identity claims and abolish the protections of biological sex-specific practices and spaces. H.R. 5 will eliminate women and girls' sports by requiring that men and boys be allowed to compete in women's and girls' sports. This is already happening. H.R.…”