Remember high school biology. We were taught that females inherit an X<\/b> chromosome<\/b> from the father for a XX genotype, while males inherit a Y<\/b> chromosome<\/b> from the father for a XY genotype. Seems pretty straightforward to me. Well, evidently times have changed.<\/p>\n
The Daily Signal<\/a> is reporting the following today:<\/p>\n A Tuesday CNN news story stated as fact that \u201cthere is no consensus criteria for assigning sex at birth\u201d without attribution.<\/strong><\/p>\n The\u00a0CNN story<\/a>, written by breaking news reporter Devan Cole, was about Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem<\/a>\u2019s battle with state lawmakers over HB 1217<\/a>, a bill that seeks to ban biological males from women\u2019s sports<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201c?It\u2019s not possible to know a person\u2019s gender identity at birth, and there is no consensus criteria for assigning sex at birth,\u201d Cole wrote, without attribution.<\/strong><\/p>\n He did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/strong><\/p>\n …The story further noted that \u201cbiological sex\u201d is a \u201cdisputed<\/a>\u00a0term that refers to the sex as listed on students\u2019 original birth certificates\u201d as CNN reported Noem<\/a>\u2019s two executive orders, one to \u201cprotect fairness in K-12 athletics\u201d and another to \u201cdo so in college athletics.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Cole wrote that the executive orders \u201cdo not explicitly mention transgender athletes, they ?reference the supposed harms of the participation of \u2018males\u2019 in women\u2019s athletics\u2014an echo of the transphobic claim, cited in other similar legislative initiatives, that transgender women are not women.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The idea that you can’t identify the sex of a baby at birth is ridiculous. Does that mean the phone calls from the excited father will say, “It’s a baby!”? It is very strange that the people who keep saying “follow the science” have chosen to ignore X and Y chromosomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Remember high school biology. We were taught that females inherit an X chromosome from the father for a XX genotype, while males inherit a Y chromosome from the father for a XY genotype. Seems pretty straightforward to me. Well, evidently … Continue reading