“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.

Governor Kay Ivey signed Senate Bill 79, commonly referred to as the "What is a Woman" bill, on Thursday afternoon.