▲ | ChocolateGod 4 days ago | |||||||||||||
> US Republicans have literally passed laws defining "woman" based on having a functioning womb The bill referenced makes no direct mention of womb, nor functioning. You're using "literally" a bit unfaithfully there. from the law > a "female" is an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova, | ||||||||||||||
▲ | gcr 3 days ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||
isn’t having a functioning uterus a hard prerequisite to the ability to produce ova? “is developed to produce ova” is a statement about current capability. If they meant to include women with hysterectomies, they would have worded it differently, like “is or once was developed to produce ova;” if they meant to include women with non-functioning wombs, they would have written more broadly, like “is of the type that usually produces ova” or something. | ||||||||||||||
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