Most people in Alabama could probably tell you what a woman is. As a state with a culture that values a deep faith and common sense, the radical transgender ideology has not impacted our state as much as some others. However, that has not stopped transgender activists from attempting to take advantage of the fact that there was no legal definition of what a biological woman is in Alabama law.
That all changed in 2025. Thanks to the leadership of State Representative Susan Dubose and State Senator April Weaver, Alabama passed Senate Bill 79, popularly known as the “What is a Woman Bill.” This bill establishes protections in Alabama to ensure that the law only considers someone a woman if they meet the biological definition of a woman.
The states the definition of a woman as: “FEMALE. When used in reference to a natural person, an individual who has, had, will have, or would have, but for a developmental anomaly, genetic anomaly, or accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces ova.”
Practically, this legislation helps reinforce protections for women’s sports, women’s bathrooms and restrooms, women’s correctional facilities, and other areas that are influenced by the legal definition of what a woman is. This legislation also helps complement previously enacted legislation in Alabama that deals with these areas in more specific ways, by helping to ensure that courts review pro-woman legislation using the biological definition.
In a day when there is a consistent agenda to undermine the Biblical truth that God created male and female as uniquely different and valuable in His sight (Genesis 1:27), it is refreshing to see the Alabama legislature upholding this truth in the law.