It’s a big day for women’s rights campaigners, after the Supreme Court this morning backed the biological definition of a woman. After justices unanimously agreed this morning that the terms ‘women’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act refer to biological sex, public and private workplaces alike are trying to figure out exactly what today’s move means for them – including Scotland’s very own NHS Fife.
After nurse Peggie questioned a transgender doctor for using the female changing rooms, she was suspended by the Scottish health board. The move pushed her to bring a landmark tribunal against NHS Fife and Dr Beth Upton for harassment and discrimination and prompting heated discussion about what the Equality Act says about the provision of single-sex spaces. And it would appear that this morning’s judgment has caused bosses at NHS Fife to have a think about their own stance on it all.
This afternoon, a spokesperson for the health board remarked on that:
NHS Fife notes the clarity provided by today’s Supreme Court ruling regarding the legal definition of a woman.
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