Posted on 10/22/2017 1:36:48 AM PDT by markomalley
The government has said the term pregnant woman should not be used in a UN treaty because it excludes transgender people.
Feminists reacted with outrage to what they said was the latest example of making women unmentionable in the name of transgender equality.
The statement comes in Britains official submission on proposed amendments to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which the UK has been a signatory since 1976. The UN treaty says a pregnant woman must be protected, including not being subject to the death penalty.
Yet in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office submission, Britain opposes the term pregnant woman because it may exclude transgender people who have given birth. The suggested term is pregnant people.
(Excerpt) Read more at thetimes.co.uk ...
Reality deniers want to dumb everyone down right along with them.
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