Alison Holt
Social Affairs Editor at BBC
@BBCNews Social Affairs Editor. Covering social care, welfare, child protection, disability, how we live our lives. Views my own. Retweets not endorsements
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5 days ago |
bbc.com | Alison Holt
The Supreme Court ruling gives clarity - but now comes the difficult partAlison HoltBBC"A victory for common sense" or "devastating" – the contrasting reactions to the statement by five Supreme Court judges that legally the term "woman" means a biological woman. Behind the different responses lie many of the often bitter and vitriolic arguments that set the country on a long, tricky road towards Wednesday's unambiguous judgement.
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Alison Holt
Alison HoltSocial affairs editorAfter years of argument and dispute about the meaning of gender, the watchword of Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling has to be clarity. Equality law has been made clear with the unambiguous statement that the term "woman" refers to a biological woman and does not include biological men who have transitioned to being female. It is a "victory for common sense", according to the chairwoman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | Alison Holt
3 hours agoOver the past ten years, it has become all too common for trans people to start their day with headlines announcing yet another rollback of their rights. But yesterday (April 16) was especially devastating, as the UK Supreme Court decided that transgender women are not worth the same legal …
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Alison Holt
Alison HoltSocial affairs editorThe UK Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman should be based on biological sex. So as the dust settles on the ruling, what can we take away from it? Clear rulingFirstly, it provides much greater clarity than many expected. The judges ruled that when the term "woman" is used in the Equality Act it means a biological woman, and "sex" means biological sex.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Alison Holt
Scans in shopping centres and AI - can ideas like these help save the NHS? Alison HoltBBCPhil Brown was able to get an ultrasound scan quickly and easily in a Barnsley shopping centre"That was really quick - straight in, straight out," says Phil Brown as he leaves a smart glass building in a shopping centre in Barnsley. He has just had an ultrasound scan at an NHS centre which sits between familiar High Street names. It is easy-to-reach healthcare - as convenient as popping out to the shops.
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