Three reasons to reject self-certifying gender
The first leader in the Times today argues: There are three reasons to reject the idea that gender can be legally reassigned on demand. The first is that to deny the relevance of biological sex is simply to deny science. With the exception of a tiny number of people who are born of indeterminate sex, the definition of a woman is someone born with a uterus and ovaries and a man is someone born with a penis and testicles. To base the law on some other definition is simply delusional and could ultimately open the door to other science-denying policymaking.
Second, it is vital that the law provides safeguards to young people who are considering transitioning. They need adequate protection along a path that sometimes leads to radical surgery. Third, the proposed change in the law will present a risk to women, undermining hard-won rights. Already police allow males accused of rape to identify as women and female-identifying men have been sent to female jails where they can and have abused women. Some schools have introduced “gender neutral” lavatories, much to the discomfort of young girls. Virgin Active gyms have been known to let men into women’s facilities. NHS hospitals allow men on to female wards.
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