Legal definition of woman is based on biological sex, UK supreme court rules

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Posted on AllSides April 16, 2025

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The UK supreme court has issued a historic and definitive ruling that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer only to a biological woman and to biological sex.

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