Nebraska governor’s executive order defines biological sex, bans males from women’s sports

Nebraska Republican Gov. Jim Pillen last week signed an executive order which defines biological sex as male and female and prohibits biological males from competing in women’s sports.

Pillen on Aug. 30 signed “Executive Order No. 23-16, Establishing a Women’s Bill of Rights,” which he described as “common sense” because “men do not belong in women’s only spaces.”

The states: “A person’s ‘sex’ is defined as his or her biological sex (either male or female) at birth. A ‘female’ is an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova; a ‘male’ is an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of a female.”

The order specifies that the terms “woman” and “girl” also “refer to human females” and “man” and “boy” are males. Similarly, “the word ‘mother’ is defined as a parent of the female sex and ‘father’ is defined as a parent of the male sex.”