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Young Doctors Slam Supreme Court's Definition of Woman as "Biologically Nonsensical"

 

The British Medical Association’s resident doctors have strongly criticised a recent Supreme Court ruling that defines a woman strictly by biological sex, labelling the decision “scientifically illiterate” and “biologically nonsensical.” During a conference held on Saturday, the union’s resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, voted to condemn the judgment, arguing that the binary view of sex and gender “has no basis in science or medicine while being actively harmful to transgender and gender-diverse people.”

 

Representing around 50,000 young doctors, this branch of the British Medical Association (BMA) declared it “condemns scientifically illiterate rulings from the Supreme Court, made without consulting relevant experts and stakeholders, that will cause real-world harm to the trans, non-binary and intersex communities in this country.” The stance is expected to generate concern that some in the medical profession may resist implementing new NHS guidelines concerning transgender patients, which are being drafted following the Supreme Court decision.

 

 

Last summer, the BMA similarly opposed the Cass Review into transgender healthcare for children and advocated lifting the ban on puberty blockers for minors. In response to the doctors' latest motion, the campaign group Sex Matters criticised the resident doctors, calling them an “embarrassment to their profession” and warning it is “terrifying” that individuals with years of medical training could claim there is “no basis” for biological sex.

 

The motion, obtained by The Times, was passed during the BMA’s annual resident doctors' conference and reflects the position of the BMA’s junior division. However, it will not become official BMA-wide policy unless approved at the Annual Representative Meeting in June. Resident doctors recently rebranded from their previous title as junior doctors, and their committee is currently co-chaired by Dr Ross Nieuwoudt and Dr Melissa Ryan.

 

The Supreme Court had ruled unanimously two weeks ago that the definition of “woman” under equalities law is based on biological sex. This means transgender women will no longer be housed in women-only NHS wards, nor will NHS staff born male be allowed to use women’s changing rooms or toilets. The decision clarified previous high-profile disputes, such as the Darlington nurses' case and the controversy surrounding Dr Beth Upton, involving transgender NHS staff accessing female-only spaces.

 

Reacting to the decision, the BMA’s resident doctors stated: “This meeting condemns the Supreme Court ruling defining the term ‘woman’ with respect to the Equality Act as being based on ‘biological sex’, which they refer to as a person who was at birth of the female sex, as reductive, trans and intersex-exclusionary and biologically nonsensical. We recognise as doctors that sex and gender are complex and multifaceted aspects of the human condition and attempting to impose a rigid binary has no basis in science or medicine while being actively harmful to transgender and gender diverse people.” The motion also affirmed the BMA’s commitment to “affirming the rights of transgender and non-binary individuals to live their lives with dignity, having their identity respected.”

 

The BMA has faced internal strife over transgender policies before. Last year’s decision to reject the Cass Review led to hundreds of doctors resigning, alleging the union had been taken over by an ideologically driven “vocal minority.”

 

Helen Joyce, advocacy director at Sex Matters, said: “It’s terrifying that a group of young doctors, all of whom have been through several years of advanced education and training in biology, have been indoctrinated by trans activism to such an extent that they claim categorisation by sex — male and female — is ‘reductive’ and has ‘no basis in science or medicine’. These junior doctors are an embarrassment to their profession. What next: young geographers claiming that the Earth is flat, or junior vets who think it’s bigoted to suggest that cats can’t identify as dogs?”

 

Joyce pointed to practical consequences, such as the case involving nurse Sandie Peggie and Dr Beth Upton, where a male colleague accessed female facilities, to highlight what she termed the dangers of such beliefs. She added, “These junior doctors wildly misunderstand the role of the Supreme Court, which interprets the law rather than creating it or reflecting public opinion. They also seem to have missed the fact that no trans rights group such as Stonewall applied to intervene.”

 

On Monday, Conservative minister Kemi Badenoch addressed concerns over facilities for transgender individuals following the ruling. She suggested that transgender people could use disabled toilets, remarking: “Almost all businesses I see have disabled loos. They are unisex, different from gender neutral. Trans people can use those. But if you are providing a single-sex space, it has to be a single-sex space.”

 

A BMA spokesperson said: “Attendees at the BMA’s resident doctor conference voted to show their opposition to the Supreme Court ruling on Saturday. However, BMA-wide policy is set at the Annual Representative Meeting (ARM), with the next meeting coming in June. The BMA respects trans patients’ dignity, autonomy, and human rights and continues to believe that trans doctors, NHS workers and patients deserve dignity, safety and equitable access to healthcare and healthcare facilities.”

 

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I get that the Supreme Court says that if a person is born a man biologically then they are always men even if they cut of their family jewels. However, I have some sympathy for people with the feeling they "should" have been born women as that is a psychological issue that they and their families have to deal with. Let them think they are women. Let their mums and dads think they are women but disagree with them insisting on being biological women until the day they have all the biological parts that women have.

N.B. There are women without a uterus or who can't give birth to children, but those aren't the only biological identifiers of the female of the species.

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4 hours ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

 

The problem with being a Trans Woman, and claiming that Trans women are real women, is that the only singular prerequisite to being a Trans woman …. is being a man ¯\_()_/¯

 

 

4 hours ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

 

The problem with being a Trans Woman, and claiming that Trans women are real women, is that the only singular prerequisite to being a Trans woman …. is being a man ¯\_()_/¯

 

 

Very eloquent!

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5 hours ago, Tug said:

Here we go with our weekly dose of attack the gays sad 😞 

How is discussing biological reality an attack on gays

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It shows you what trash under the guise of doctor the universities are turning out. If they don't know the difference between a man and a woman then they probably need to see a doctor

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8 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Not sure I'd trust a doctor who thinks men can 'mentally' be women. 

 

Yet, one must admit....

Stranger things have happened in Hollywood....

 

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8 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Not sure I'd trust a doctor who thinks men can 'mentally' be women.   Sexual preference, and attire, is a personal issue, but they will never be a woman.  Thinking that are, now hat is 'biological nonsense'.  

 

Using 'biological' and trans in sane sense is total nonsense.  Lopping off or adding fake body parts doesn't change you sex, only changes your appearance.

Well said, @KhunLA.  The doctors of today are eat up with the nonsense and rather than approach gender dysphoria as mental illness they now jump at the chance to make them lifetime medical patients tending to their augmentations along with the pills to maintain their identity hormones, etc.  They'll be pill poppers for life.  

 

They should be treating their mental problem, which is what dysphoria is, not affirming their illusion of being in the wrong body.

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Most doctors are not scientists. Doctors are not the ones who test drugs scientists are who then inform doctors. Too many doctors listen to untested theories, that is why we have homeopathy, holistic medicine and herbalism touted by doctors. The sooner Ai replaces them the better.

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9 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Yet, one must admit....

Stranger things have happened in Hollywood....

 

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I hadn't thought about this, but this movie may have been a major catalyst for all this bull dung. 

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2 minutes ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

Well said, @KhunLA.  The doctors of today are eat up the nonsense and rather than approach gender dysphoria as mental illness they now jump at the chance to make them lifetime medical patients tending to their augmentations along with the pills to maintain their identity hormones, etc.  They'll be pill poppers for life.  

 

They should be treating their mental problem, which is what dysphoria is, not affirming their illusion of being in the wrong body.

Agree, life long visits and meds, instead of a couple days talking to a shrink, and realizing, they are not a women, and just gay, bi, and or cross-dresser.

 

Cured  :cheesy:

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6 hours ago, Tug said:

Here we go with our weekly dose of attack the gays sad 😞 

Gays don't identify as women.

They are men that want sex with other men.

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6 hours ago, Tug said:

Here we go with our weekly dose of attack the gays sad 😞 

It fires up outrage with all the simpletons.

Every time. Predictable 

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