Women’s Human Rights Campaign (WHRC) USA volunteers in Pennsylvania have been advocating for women’s sex-based rights under the leadership of state contact Rebecca Rothhaas since our first meeting November 2020. […]
Spotlight on Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Lawmaker: One Girl Displaced is Too Many
Pennsylvania lawmakers have hopes of making the Keystone State the eighth state this year to pass legislation mandating that public schools and universities provide athletic opportunities based on male, female, […]
Pennsylvania HB 972 – Sports
WHRC USA supported Pennsylvania HB 972 because the provision of single-sex sports is necessary if women and girls are to have opportunities that are on a par with those of men and boys.
Pennsylvania HB 847 – “Gender Identity”
WHRC USA opposed Pennsylvania HB 847 because it requires instruction in “gender identity,” i.e. sex-role stereotyping, which can never be the basis for equality of the sexes, and inherently constitutes discrimination against women and girls.
Pennsylvania SB 313 – “Gender Identity”
WHRC USA opposed Pennsylvania SB 313 because the bill provides that “gender identity or expression” replaces sex as a protected category wherever there is a conflict between “gender identity or expression” and sex. WHRC USA opposed Pennsylvania SB 313 because the bill provides that “gender identity or expression” replaces sex as a protected category wherever there is a conflict between “gender identity or expression” and sex.
