{"id":1399224,"date":"2022-03-24T18:59:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T22:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1399224"},"modified":"2022-03-24T18:59:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T22:59:38","slug":"boris-johnson-basic-facts-of-biology-are-overwhelmingly-important-in-transgender-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boris-johnson-basic-facts-of-biology-are-overwhelmingly-important-in-transgender-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson: \u2018Basic Facts Of Biology\u2019 Are \u2018Overwhelmingly Important\u2019 In Transgender Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboris-johnson-basic-facts-of-biology-are-overwhelmingly-important-in-transgender-issue%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1399224&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/442680C7-3858-4A69-8592-3BC55BCBC856.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson weighed in on the debate about transgenderism in his country, saying that \u201cthe basic facts of biology remain overwhelmingly important\u201d in conversations about the issue.<\/p>\n<p>At the Prime Minister\u2019s Questions, a weekly meeting in the British Parliament where the House of Commons asks questions of the Prime Minister, Johnson was asked by House of Commons member Angela Richardson about a <a href=\"https:\/\/cass.independent-review.uk\/about-the-review\/\">review<\/a> of Britain\u2019s National Health Service funding for transgender youth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI welcome the review,\u201d Richardson said, adding that it \u201chighlights the need for more research into our young girls, why so many of them are presenting with gender distress.\u201d Richardson then asked for Johnson to meet with her and other concerned Members of Parliament to discuss how the U.K. could \u201cconstructively support these young people\u00a0who are experiencing gender distress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson told Richardson that he would be happy to meet with her. \u201cAnd I think that this is one of those issues that the whole House is coming to realize, one that requires extreme sensitivity, tact, love, and care,\u201d he added. \u201cWe must recognize that when people want to make a transition in their lives, that they should be treated with the maximum possible generosity and respect. And we have systems in this country that allow that, and have done for a long time, we should be very proud of it. But I do want to say in addition that I think when it comes to distinguishing between a man and a woman, that the basic facts of biology remain overwhelmingly important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s remarks came after opposition party leader Sir Keir Starmer said in a March 12 interview with the U.K.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/trans-women-are-women-says-keir-starmer-in-call-for-legal-reform-6rk9tpxsl\">Sunday Times<\/a> that \u201ctrans women are women.\u201d In the interview, Starmer called for laws that would affirm transgender people in order to give them \u201crespect and dignity.\u201d The Sunday Times reported that two of his shadow cabinet ministers \u201cstruggled\u201d to define what a woman was. Yvette Cooper, Shadow Home Secretary of the U.K., said she did not want to go down a \u201crabbit hole of a definition,\u201d while Anneliese Dodds, the shadow secretary of state for women and equalities, \u201cpointed to the range of different definitions in a variety of contexts,\u201d the Times reported. Starmer, however, did produce a definition of what a woman is in his interview. \u201cA woman is a female adult,\u201d he said, \u201cand in addition to that, trans women are women, and that is not just my view \u2013 that is actually the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s comments come as the transgender debate continues to be a topic of much discussion across the U.K. and in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, said, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/im-not-a-biologist-supreme-court-nominee-says-she-cant-define-the-word-woman\">I\u2019m not a biologist<\/a>\u201d when asked during her confirmation hearing what a woman was.<\/p>\n<p>Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh has repeatedly asked progressive gender activists to define the word \u201cwoman\u201d on social media and during his recent appearance on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-matt-walsh-stumps-lgbt-activist-on-dr-phil-show-what-is-a-woman\">Dr. Phil<\/a>.\u201d Walsh is also preparing to release a new documentary for The Daily Wire on the subject, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/teaser-clip-drops-for-matt-walshs-new-documentary-what-is-a-woman\">What Is a Woman?<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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