Battle Over Definition Of A Woman Heads To Supreme Court After Scottish Group Wins Right To Appeal

The fight over whether the legal definition of a woman includes trans-identified men with a gender recognition certificate will go to the UK Supreme Court—the highest in the land—after a campaign group won the right to appeal a ruling by the Scottish government. Following a judicial review, the court will hear a request brought by For Women Scotland (FWS), who argue there are “strong grounds” for the challenge, which will almost certainly overturn contentious Holyrood legislation if successful. FWS, founded in 2018 to protect women’s rights, said on its crowdfunding page that the existing legislation, as set out in the Gender Representation and Public Boards (Scotland) Act of 2018 is at odds with the definition of a woman as set out in the Equality Act of 2010....