Congressional Democrats are seeking to enshrine federal abortion rights not just for women who identify as women, but also for transgender men and others.
THE QUOTE
The Women’s Health Protection Act, which passed the House Friday mostly along party lines, would extend the protections of Roe v. Wade to “birthing people” of all genders.
- “This act is intended to protect all people with the capacity for pregnancy — cisgender women, transgender men, non-binary individuals, those who identify with a different gender, and others — who are unjustly harmed by restrictions on abortion services,” the text of the bill reads.
MEANWHILE
The September 1. cover of the Lancet, a leading U.K.-based medical journal, featured a quotation describing biological women as “bodies with vaginas.”
