Summary

Representative Sarah McBride, the first out trans congresswoman, criticized Donald Trump’s executive order defining gender as strictly male or female.

McBride points out that biologically all embryos develop as female until the SRY gene activates weeks after conception.

The order, which ties gender to reproductive cells at conception, unintentionally categorizes all humans as female from conception based on biological facts.

McBride’s remarks highlight scientific flaws in the policy.

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[–] 87 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I think the bigger issue is hiding in plain sight:

a person belonging, at conception

Personhood does not begin at conception.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And if it legally does, since I'm a chimera, can I use the carpool lane?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You should apply for a second birth certificate, on the grounds that both of the "people" who were conceived were actually born. You should seek a second SSN, claim them as a dependent on your taxes.

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