Women and Girls Deserve Fairness, Dignity and to Feel Safe
Eighteen months after the Supreme Court’s ruling on biological sex, the EHRC’s guidance is in place. Laura Anne Jones MS says some public bodies in Wales are still failing to protect women’s single-sex wards, toilets and changing rooms.
Ms Jones, Reform UK’s Deputy Leader in Wales, welcomed that some sporting bodies that have already changed their rules to protect fairness in women’s competitions, but was clear that not all have made that change yet.
Following a Reform Senedd debate, Ms Jones said,
“Ministers said through gritted teeth that they’d uphold the law. But our Welsh NHS, Welsh policy and some sporting organisations are still not complying with it. The ruling had been made that “sex” means “biologically sex”, there is guidance from the EHRC, there is no excuse now not to uphold the law. It is not up for negotiation”.
The local MS added,
“Any public body or organisation that takes taxpayers’ money but isn’t putting protections for women and girls in place, shouldn’t get a penny.”
“Language matters in the NHS too,” Ms Jones said. “Women and girls menstruate, Men don’t. Women and girls get pregnant and suffer from endometriosis, Men don’t. This nonsense has to stop.”
“Plaid and Labour voted down Reforms Senedd motion to ensure urgent protections are put in place for women and girls in Wales. Safety, Fairness and dignity for them are important. Unfortunately, there seems no urgency it drive for Plaid or Labour to ensure the Law is upheld.”
I am really not sure why women are still asking for protection in 2026. What is the problem with this Plaid Cymru government that they appear to struggle working out that gender should be by birth and women across Wales will find it annoying to say the least that politicians, some eighteen months after the Supreme Court’s ruling on biological sex, the EHRC’s guidance is in place, that there are still some public bodies in Wales are still failing to protect women’s single-sex wards, toilets and changing rooms.
It is good that some sporting bodies that have already changed their rules to protect fairness in women’s competitions, but was clear that not all have made that change yet. We have to ask why not?
