Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes the Mississippi Women's Bill of Rights and defines other terms relating to sex and gender.

Highlights:

• Establishes that men and women are legally equal but possess unique and immutable biological differences that manifest before birth and increase as they age and experience puberty (Sec. 2). 

• Expands that inconsistencies in court rulings an initiatives regarding sex discrimination and common sex-based words have endangered women’s rights and resources (Sec. 1). 

• Defines terms: “Woman”, “Man”, “Girl”, “Boy”, “Mother”, “Father”, “Female”, “Male” (Sec. 3). 

• Specifies “Sex” as objective and fixed (Sec. 1). 

• Classifies “Sex” as existing as only two (2) sexes and every individual as either male or female (Sec. 3). 

• Establishes the effective date as July 1, 2024 (Sec. 6). 

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