—Voted against the Equality Act in 2021 after previously voting in favor of it. The legislation had not substantially changed in the intervening years. The Equality Act is a bill that would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
—Withdrew her co-sponsorship of the Fairness for All Act, which would have added sexual orientation and gender identity to civil rights law.
—Voted for the so-called Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which aims to prevent transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports. She stated, “Our daughters should not be forced to compete against biological men in competitive sports.” Transgender women are women and some play sports.
—Supported efforts to ban transgender health care for transgender youth and criticized what she called “radical ideology” in education regarding gender identity. Trans people are people, not an ideology. Every major medical association and leading world health authority supports health care for transgender people and youth.