Summary

Representative Sarah McBride, the first out trans congresswoman, criticized Donald Trump’s executive order defining gender as strictly male or female.

McBride points out that biologically all embryos develop as female until the SRY gene activates weeks after conception.

The order, which ties gender to reproductive cells at conception, unintentionally categorizes all humans as female from conception based on biological facts.

McBride’s remarks highlight scientific flaws in the policy.

  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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    18 hours ago

    They do not fucking care. They will use this the exact same way that they would have used it if it was worded correctly.

    The reason why this is good news is that the more bizarrely worded the order, the easier it is to get it throw out in court, America even now runs on the WORD of the law, not the intent.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      17 hours ago

      America even now runs on the WORD of the law, not the intent.

      Yeah except not really. Have you paid attention to recent SCOTUS decisions? They aren’t even bothering to make cogent arguments in some cases, and hearing others that never should have standing in the first place.