On 16 April, the United Kingdom Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case brought by For Women Scotland against the Scottish Government. The question was, on its face, a simple one: what is the meaning of ‘sex’, ‘man’ and ‘woman’ in the Equality Act 2010?
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TheUKSupremeCourtrecentlyruledthatthedefinitionofawomanisdeterminedbybiologynotideologyforthepurposesoftheEqualityAct2010.WeaskedSamWebster,aSolicitorAdvocateandthein-houseSolicitoratTheChristianInstituteforhisinitialtakeontheimplicationsforchurchesandChristians.Here’swhathehastosay…
On16April,theUnitedKingdomSupremeCourtissueditsrulinginthecasebroughtbyForWomenScotlandagainsttheScottishGovernment.Thequestionforthecourtwas,onitsface,asimpleone:whatisthemeaningof‘sex’,‘man’and‘woman’intheEqualityAct2010?Dothesewordsrelateonlytoaperson’sbiologicalsexorcantheyalsorefertoaperson’sacquiredgenderwheretheyhavelegallychangedit?Withremarkableclarity,thecourthasunanimouslyruledthatsexmeansbiologicalsex.
BackgroundThecasewasbroughtbyForWomenS
