“If the Good Lord made you a boy, you’re a boy. And if He made you a girl, you’re a girl,” Ivey said in a press release. “In Alabama, we believe there are two genders: Male and female. There is nothing complicated or controversial about it.

Governor Kay Ivey signed Senate Bill 79, commonly referred to as the “What is a Woman” bill, on Thursday afternoon. Gov. Ivey issued the following statement on the bill: “If the Good Lord made you a boy,

Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to legislation that would write definitions of male and female into state law that exclude transgender people from being recognized under their gender identity.