On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order claiming that the U.S. government will only recognize two sexes, male and female. The directive claimed that ideologues across the country are denying “the biological reality of sex” which has allowed men who identify as women to “gain access to intimate single-sex spaces and activities designed for women.”
In other words, the executive order was positioned as a move to “defend women” from “gender ideology extremism.” Amid the chaos, many reproductive rights advocates were quick to point out the proposed definitions of “male” and “female” in the order and the use of the word “conception.”
