Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #MOMABill
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Stonewall's new range of clothing is "unisex"
(by which they mean designed for men, as if the needs and realities of being female don't matter)
(by which they mean designed for men, as if the needs and realities of being female don't matter)
Similarly their policies
"All LGBTQ+ couples and parents should have their relationships recognised on all official documents"
....sounds nice, right?
"All LGBTQ+ couples and parents should have their relationships recognised on all official documents"
....sounds nice, right?
What does it mean?
In the case of surrogacy - that the "intended parents" should be recorded on the original birth certificate not the mother who carried the child.
Removing women's rights and commodifying their bodies
In the case of surrogacy - that the "intended parents" should be recorded on the original birth certificate not the mother who carried the child.
Removing women's rights and commodifying their bodies
Thread - 10 inspiring #ExpelMe speeches.
One year ago at 7pm, against a backdrop of intimidation from the usual men's rights mob, our historic rally started in defence of @ALLIANCELGB & @Womans_Place_UK who'd been defamed in
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One year ago at 7pm, against a backdrop of intimidation from the usual men's rights mob, our historic rally started in defence of @ALLIANCELGB & @Womans_Place_UK who'd been defamed in
1/11
absurd pledges signed by @UKLabour leadership & Deputy candidates inc @AngelaRayner @lisanandy.
Since then 1000s of Labour supporters have signed our Declaration & joined our campaigns.
First up was this fabulous message from MSP @JohannLamont
2/11
Since then 1000s of Labour supporters have signed our Declaration & joined our campaigns.
First up was this fabulous message from MSP @JohannLamont
2/11
Then @BevJacksonAuth for @ALLIANCELGB
"I'd like to thank the impromptu choir outside...I look forward to being able to sit down and talk to each other...
Sex not gender"
3/11
"I'd like to thank the impromptu choir outside...I look forward to being able to sit down and talk to each other...
Sex not gender"
3/11
#MOMAbill Lord True - The government has listened carefully and has heard the strength of feeling - gender neutral drafting does not require a single approach.
"Mother" and "expectant mother" is legal and acceptable to the government
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/3c…
"Mother" and "expectant mother" is legal and acceptable to the government
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/3c…
@LordPhilofBrum talking about the ability of women to talk clearly about sex where #sexmatters @SexMattersOrg !
Talking about what happened to @RosieBoycott was disgusting and the silence from her colleagues
Talking about what happened to @RosieBoycott was disgusting and the silence from her colleagues
Those who speak up for women's rights and clear language are criticised for transphobes it is #chilling
If you erase women from the language and law how is that inclusive?
If you erase women from the language and law how is that inclusive?
Thread of speeches by Cross Bench & Non-affiliated Peers in today's #MOMABill
First up Lord Pannick explains how the word Woman fully include everyone giving birth, regardless of gender identity.
He demolishes the government claim that gender neutral
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First up Lord Pannick explains how the word Woman fully include everyone giving birth, regardless of gender identity.
He demolishes the government claim that gender neutral
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terms in a Maternity Bill are necessary.
He explains The Lord Chief Justice in the Court of Appeal has ruled on this in the case of a claimant registered at birth as female.
"The person who gave birth to a child is female...
I do not think there are any legal difficulties in
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He explains The Lord Chief Justice in the Court of Appeal has ruled on this in the case of a claimant registered at birth as female.
"The person who gave birth to a child is female...
I do not think there are any legal difficulties in
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Thread - Videos from today's ground-breaking #MOMABill 2nd reading @UKHouseofLords debate.
We've already tweeted @LordPhilofBrum's speech, here are more Peers speaking up for #WomanNotPerson, starting with @UKLabour's Front Bench
Dianne @HayteratLords
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We've already tweeted @LordPhilofBrum's speech, here are more Peers speaking up for #WomanNotPerson, starting with @UKLabour's Front Bench
Dianne @HayteratLords
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MPs are discussing #MOMABill parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/37…
Proposed amendments leave out "person" and insert "woman"
Proposed amendments leave out "person" and insert "woman"
@RachelReevesMP talks about If we are to encourage women from all backgrounds to become MPs and ministers - 102 years after women won the right to stand for parliament, there are still just 220 female MPs compared with 430 men
The first woman MP to have a baby while serving in parliament in 1976. She had to come into parliament 10 days after giving birth to vote.
It is being asked whether #MOMABill needs to say "persons" instead of "women" in order to include females who have legally changed sex to male
My answer: no ...
The GRA is a legal fiction which allows for look throughs - it does not mean other laws can never refer to the sexes
My answer: no ...
The GRA is a legal fiction which allows for look throughs - it does not mean other laws can never refer to the sexes
It is recognised that it is necessary for the law to refer to the two sexes - in particular in matters around reproduction, and in anti discrimination law (as well as regulations relating to sport, buildings, healthcare etc...)
For example the laws around fertility treatment are specified as relating to women and men (in their respective biological roles). It is obvious as obvious can be that this refers to the big gamete people and the small gamete people
How it started.. ...How its going
In 2002 The EcHR ruled in the case of Goodwin that not changing sex recorded on birth certificate breached the right of a post operative transsexual to a private life, and that changing it for a tiny number of people would have no substantive harm to public interest.
In 2021 it is being argued that because the resulting law gold plated this to allow people to change their legal sex without slteration to their body we can no longer have words for the two sexes, or use those words to recognise biological sex in law.
