The UK Supreme Court issued the main ruling on the definition of “women” under the current equality law

London – On Wednesday, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the British Equality Law defines a woman as a person who generates a female biology. Judge Patrick Hodge said that five judges in the court unanimously ruled that the “conditions of” women “and” sex “in the equality law indicate a biological and biological sex woman.

Judgment on an interpretation 2010 Law It means that a transgender person with a testimony recognizes as a female should not be considered a woman for equality purposes under legislation. However, the court added that its decision “does not remove protection from converting persons”, who “are protected from discrimination based on the re -sexual reset.”

The case stems from the 2018 Law approved by the Scottish Parliament that there should be a 50 % female representation in the Scottish public bodies councils. This law included sexually transformed women in its definition of women.

For women Scotland (FWS), a women’s rights group, this law challenged the pretext that the redefinition of women exceeds the powers of Parliament. However, Scottish officials issued and then issued new instructions stating that the definition of women included a person with gender recognition. FWS successfully sought to the heart of that.

The UK Supreme Court’s decision comes amid efforts by the Trump administration to Sexually transformed tape From service in the American army and Participate in women’s sportsand to forbid Gender-confirmed care for minors-many currently face legal challenges in US courts.

FWS said that the result of the case could have consequences in Scotland, England and Wales for sex -based rights as well as one -sex facilities such as toilets, hospital wings and prisons.

“Not to link sex definition in its normal sense means that public councils can consist of 50 % of men, and 50 % of men who have certificates, yet it still legally meets the objectives of female representation,” said the director of the group, Terina Podge.

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.

“Under the Equality Law, it should refer to biological sex and as is the concept of” normal daily language. “

“Our position is your gender, whether you are a man, a woman, a girl, or a boy designed from pregnancy in the womb, even before one is born, by a person’s body,” he said. “It is an expression of physical reality. It is a biological condition that is not changeable.”

The right -wing group of women, the author of its supporters, calculated JK Rowling, who donated thousands of pounds to support its work. Harry Potter’s writer was explicit in saying that the rights of transformed women should not come at the expense of those born biologically.

The opponents, including Amnesty International, with the exception of transgender people from protecting sexual discrimination that contradicts human rights laws.

Amnesty briefly presented in the court saying it was concerned about the deterioration of the rights of converting persons in the UK and abroad.

The Human Rights Group said: “A comprehensive policy is to prevent transit women from single sex services is not a proportional way to achieve a legitimate goal.”