“If the Good Lord made you a boy, you’re a boy. And if He made you a girl, you’re a girl,” Ivey said in a press release. “In Alabama, we believe there are two genders: Male and female. There is nothing complicated or controversial about it.

Just six days into the 2025 legislative session, Gov. Kay Ivey is putting pen to paper and signing the first bill to cross her desk into law.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WTVY) - The ‘What is a Woman’ Act passed the Alabama legislature and headed to Governor Kay Ivey’s desk on Wednesday, Ivey announced on X (formerly Twitter). On social media, Ivey said she looks forward to signing the bill into law.

Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to legislation that would write definitions of male and female into state law that exclude transgender people from being recognized under their gender identity.

Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey will sign the What is a Woman Act later Thursday, Fox News has learned – the bill will codify sex-at-birth into law.