Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a law that removes gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, effectively stripping protections that had been in place since 2007. This decision positions Iowa as the first state to retract such protections from a previously safeguarded group. The law passed amidst significant public protest and Democratic opposition. Reynolds justified the move as necessary for the protection of women and girls, despite evidence suggesting that protections for transgender individuals do not adversely affect cisgender women.
The signing makes Iowa the first state in the country to take away civil rights from a group it has previously protected in law.
It's common sense to acknowledge the obvious biological differences between men and women. In fact, it's necessary to secure genuine equal protection for women and girls.
Actually, protection of transgender people has not been shown to have any ill effect on cisgender women and girls.
Iowa enacted the law over the protests of hundreds of people who appeared at the state capitol Thursday.
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