Rishi Sunak said he is mulling over official advice that says amending the definition of sex in law would create greater “clarity” around women-only spaces and access to sport.
The Prime Minister on Wednesday said considering biology is “important” in protecting women’s rights.
The EHRC said that while it found “no straightforward balance”, the change could bring “greater legal clarity” in eight areas including hospital wards and sport. Mr Sunak, who pledged to ensure biological sex was written into the 2010 Act during his Tory leadership campaign, was asked whether he would go through with the change, and whether that would result in fewer rights for trans people.
“But alongside that, it’s important that we also protect and support and ensure women’s rights. And I fundamentally believe that biological sex is important in that regard.
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