Murdo has said that NHS Fife must now concede the Sandie Peggie tribunal case following today’s landmark Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.
He was commenting following the historic unanimous judgement announced by Lord Hodge, in which he stated that sex is binary and that transgender women should not be legally defined as women, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Handing down the court’s judgment on whether sex-based protections should only apply to people who were born female, Lord Hodge said the terms “woman” and “sex” in the 2010 Equality Act referred to biological sex, not acquired gender.
Commenting, Murdo said: “NHS Fife must now concede the Sandie Peggie case following this landmark court ruling. They basically don’t have a leg to stand on now.
“The judgement from the Supreme Court is a comprehensive, detailed and authoritative unanimous judgement from the country’s highest court which settles the law on the definition of a ‘woman.’ It’s a devastating defeat for the SNP Government and their surrender to the trans activists. I’m sure many residents will want to know the cost of this legal case to taxpayers.”
Murdo continued: “Can we now have an apology from John Swinney for spending our money defending the indefensible? And we should be told which Scottish Ministers will now resign.
“It is now abundantly clear that any public body not respecting women’s spaces to biological females is acting unlawfully. How can NHS Fife possibly continue to waste public funds defending the Sandie Peggie case when their defeat is inevitable?
“Huge credit is due to the feisty women who pursued this case so vigorously – For Women Scotland – who were backed by lesbian groups, Alliance LGB and others, crowdfunding to taken on the taxpayer-funded Scottish Government. It is a stunning vindication of their stance.”
