{"id":19553,"date":"2025-04-16T10:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T10:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-k-supreme-court-rules-that-2010-equalities-law-defines-a-woman-as-someone-born-biologically-female\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T10:58:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T10:58:01","slug":"u-k-supreme-court-rules-that-2010-equalities-law-defines-a-woman-as-someone-born-biologically-female","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-k-supreme-court-rules-that-2010-equalities-law-defines-a-woman-as-someone-born-biologically-female\/","title":{"rendered":"U.K. Supreme Court rules that 2010 equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>London \u2014<\/em>\u00a0The U.K. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a British equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female. Justice Patrick Hodge said five judges at the court had ruled unanimously that &#8220;the terms &#8216;woman&#8217; and &#8216;sex&#8217; in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ruling on the interpretation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/equality-act-2010-guidance#:~:text=The%20Equality%20Act%202010%20legally,strengthening%20protection%20in%20some%20situations.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the 2010 law<\/a> means a transgender person with a certificate that recognizes them as female should not be considered a woman for equality purposes under the legislation. But the court added that its ruling &#8220;does not remove protection from trans people,&#8221; who are &#8220;protected from discrimination on the ground of gender reassignment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The case stems from a 2018 law passed by the Scottish Parliament stating that there should be a 50% female representation on the boards of Scottish public bodies. That law included transgender women in its definition of women.<\/p>\n<p>For Women Scotland (FWS), a women&#8217;s rights group, had challenged that law, arguing that its redefinition of woman went beyond parliament&#8217;s powers. But Scottish officials then issued new guidance stating that the definition of woman included someone with a gender recognition certificate. FWS successfully sought to overturn that.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/16\/70cc5bee-622f-4c6e-a00e-a16467636db9\/thumbnail\/1240x808\/2e28e27fd3eea6acdb8033d421e95a87\/uk-supreme-court-gender.jpg?v=412b48b2e3085db78364e6e02a7dc2b8#\" alt=\"uk-supreme-court-gender.jpg \" height=\"808\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Susan Smith (L) and Marion Calder, directors of the &#8220;For Women  Scotland&#8221; group, speak to media outside the U.K. Supreme Court, April 16, 2025  in London, England.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Dan Kitwood\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ruling by the top U.K. court comes amid efforts by the Trump administration to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/judge-blocks-trumps-executive-order-barring-transgender-people-from-the-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">bar transgender people<\/a><\/span> from serving in the U.S. military and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-executive-order-banning-transgender-athletes-womens-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">participating in women&#8217;s sports<\/a><\/span>, and to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/transgender-rights-lawsuits-challenge-trump-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">prohibit<\/a><\/span> gender-affirming care for minors \u2014 many of which are currently facing legal challenges in U.S. courts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FWS had said the outcome of the case could have consequences in Scotland, England and Wales for sex-based rights as well as single-sex facilities such as toilets, hospital wards and prisons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not tying the definition of sex to its ordinary meaning means that public boards could conceivably comprise of 50% men, and 50% men with certificates, yet still lawfully meet the targets for female representation,&#8221; the group&#8217;s director Trina Budge said previously.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge was rejected by a court in 2022, but the group was granted permission last year to take its case to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Aidan O&#8217;Neill, a lawyer for FWS, told the Supreme Court judges \u2014 three men and two women \u2014 that under the Equality Act &#8220;sex&#8221; should refer to biological sex and as understood &#8220;in ordinary, everyday language.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our position is your sex, whether you are a man or a woman or a girl or a boy is determined from conception in utero, even before one&#8217;s birth, by one&#8217;s body,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It is an expression of one&#8217;s bodily reality. It is an immutable biological state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s right group counted among its supporters author J.K. Rowling, who reportedly donated tens of thousands of pounds to back its work. The &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; writer has been vocal in arguing that the rights for trans women should not come at the expense of those who are born biologically female.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents, including Amnesty International, said excluding transgender people from sex discrimination protections conflicted with human rights laws.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty submitted a brief in court saying it was concerned about the deterioration of the rights for trans people in the U.K. and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A blanket policy of barring trans women from single-sex services is not a proportionate means to achieve a legitimate aim,&#8221; the human rights group said.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async 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