在一名共和党议员提出修正案将”女性”的生理定义纳入文本后，宾夕法尼亚州众议院民主党人撤回了对一项将3月定为”全国妇女月”的决议的审议。
原本预期的快速象征性投票变成了短暂但意味深长的众议院会议时刻，共和党人迫使该问题公开讨论，而民主党人选择搁置该决议，而非在立法中定义”女性”——此举引发了众议院的一阵哄堂大笑。
周二会议临近结束时，众议院议长乔安娜·麦克林顿（D-费城西南区）正在快速连续提出多项法案供审议，此时她请书记员介绍第390号众议院决议。
该法案由约克州民主党众议员卡罗尔·希尔-埃文斯提出，旨在将3月定为宾夕法尼亚州的妇女历史月。希尔-埃文斯在法案介绍中写道，该决议”庆祝女性的非凡成就”，而这些成就”往往得不到认可”。
“众议院是否同意该决议？”麦克林顿向由民主党占多数（102-100人）的众议院问道。
书记员表示，埃尔德伍德市共和党众议员艾伦·伯恩斯坦提出了一项修正案，麦克林顿请他介绍该修正案。
“谢谢议长女士。议长女士，这项修正案非常直接明了，”伯恩斯坦宣布。
“它定义了女性究竟是什么——因为我们都清楚那是什么。谢谢。”他说道。
众议院会议厅内的音频短暂暂停，领导层席位上有人活动。
“该决议暂时搁置，”几秒后麦克林顿宣布，引发了会议厅内的哄堂大笑。
麦克林顿很快转向书记员宣读下一项法案——来自北费城州众议员、民主党全国委员会副主席马尔科姆·肯亚塔提出的《公平法案》，并继续进行当天的日程安排。
这一交锋让人回想起杰克逊大法官（Ketanji Brown Jackson）确认听证会上的一个 viral moment，当时参议员玛莎·布莱克本追问她”什么是女性”，这个问题成为关于性别和政策更广泛辩论中的一个爆发点。
伯恩斯坦周三在接受采访时为自己的修正案辩护，称这是一项常识性措施，将女性定义为具有XX染色体不应该有争议。
“然后发生的事情是议长撤回了决议……因为我们本会让人们就定义女性究竟是什么进行投票，”他说。
“所以他们撤回了决议，因为他们害怕定义女性究竟是什么。”
由于该决议被正式宣布”暂时搁置”，它仍有可能被重新提出。
“我们将看看民主党人是否真的能够站出来定义什么是女性。他们将持续把女性置于最近这段时间以来所处的境地。”
众议院共和党核心小组发言人杰森·戈特斯曼进一步告诉福克斯新闻数字版：”如果民主党人想要庆祝他们拒绝定义的东西，很明显他们并不认真对待这个问题。”
福克斯新闻数字版联系麦克林顿及其办公室寻求置评，但未收到回应。
Pennsylvania House Democrats withdrew consideration of a resolution honoring March as “National Women’s Month” after a Republican lawmaker filed an amendment to include the physiological definition of “woman” in the text.
What was expected to be a quick, symbolic vote instead turned into a brief but telling floor moment, with Republicans forcing the question into the open and Democrats opting to shelve the resolution rather than define “woman” in legislation — leading to an eruption of laughter on the House floor.
House Speaker Joanna McClinton, D-Southwest Philadelphia, was bringing a rapid-fire succession of bills up for consideration late in Tuesday’s session when she asked the clerk to introduce House Resolution 390.
The bill, from state Rep. Carol Hill-Evans, D-York, recognized March as Women’s History Month in Pennsylvania. Hill-Evans wrote in her presentation of the bill that it “celebrat[es] the extraordinary accomplishments of women,” which “too often go unacknowledged.”
“Will the House agree to the resolution?” McClinton asked the 102-100 Democrat-majority chamber.
The clerk indicated that state Rep. Aaron Bernstine, R-Ellwood City, had an amendment to offer, and McClinton recognized him to introduce it.
“Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, this amendment is very straightforward and clear,” Bernstine announced.
“It defines what a woman actually is — because we do know what that is. Thank you,” he said.
Audio in the House chamber briefly paused as movement could be seen on the leadership’s dais.
“The resolution is temporarily over,” McClinton announced after several seconds, sparking loud laughter from the chamber.
McClinton soon turned to the clerk to read the next piece of legislation, “The Fairness Act” from DNC Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta, a state representative from North Philadelphia, and moved on with the day’s schedule.
The exchange echoed a viral moment from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing, when Sen. Marsha Blackburn pressed her to define “what is a woman,” a question that became a flashpoint in broader debates over gender and policy.
In an interview Wednesday, Bernstine defended his amendment as a common sense measure, saying that defining a woman as having X-X chromosomes shouldn’t be controversial.
“Then what happened was the speaker withdrew the resolution… because we would have had people vote on defining what a woman actually is,” he said.
“So they pulled it because they were scared to [define what a woman] actually is.”
As the resolution was formally considered “temporarily over,” it can still be resurrected.
“We’ll see if Democrats can actually step up and define what a woman is. They’re going to consistently put females in a spot that they have throughout recent times.”
Jason Gottesman, spokesman for the House Republican Caucus, further told Fox News Digital that “if Democrats want to celebrate what they refuse to define, it is clear they do not take this issue seriously.”
Fox News Digital reached out to McClinton and her office for comment but did not receive a response.
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