House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced on Wednesday that people who use restrooms in the House of Representatives must use the one that matches their biological sex.
“All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings – such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms — are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,” Johnson said in a statement.
“It is important to note that each Member office has its own private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol,” he added. “Women deserve women’s only spaces.”
When asked by a reporter if the policy would be enforceable, Johnson said, “Like all House policies, it’s enforceable.”
“And we have single-sex facilities for a reason, and women deserve women’s only spaces,” he noted. “And we are not anti-anyone and we are pro-woman. I think it is an important policy for us to continue. It’s always been an unwritten policy and now it is in writing.”
The announcement comes after Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced a bill this week that banned “Members, officers, and employees of the House from using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex, and for other purposes.”
Mace later tweaked the bill, naming it the “Protecting Women’s Private Spaces Act,” and provided it exclusively to The Daily Wire.
The bill prohibits “individuals from accessing or using single-sex facilities on federal property other than those corresponding to their biological sex.”
I asked the speaker if this would be enforceable and he said:
“Like all House policies, it’s enforceable. And we have single sex facilities for a reason, and women deserve women’s only spaces. And we are not anti anyone and we are pro-woman. I think it is an important policy for… pic.twitter.com/usCfmnhRD9
— Olivia Beavers (@Olivia_Beavers) November 20, 2024
Mace told Daily Wire host Michael Knowles that her legislation should not be controversial, arguing that independent voters and even Democrats are “with us” when it comes to “forcing this crazy gender ideology down the throats of our children and other Americans across the country.”
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“I’m going to do everything I can to protect women and girls here on the hill, but also across the nation,” she said on “The Michael Knowles Show,” where she first unveiled the bill. “This is a question that needs to be answered. Do women have rights or not? Are we going to allow these men to bully us into submission? And I say, no, no more. I’m done with this.”
“There’s no amount of bullying and threats on my life that they’ve made this week that’s going to stop me from this,” she added, promising to “fight like hell” for the protection of women and girls.
EXCLUSIVE: @RepNancyMace announces a new bill to protect women on ALL federal property from men who seek to invade female spaces. pic.twitter.com/ZLkWTVfO2m
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) November 20, 2024
