The Health Secretary has accused Sir Keir Starmer of a “total denial of scientific fact” after he claimed it is wrong to say only women have a cervix. The Labour leader was forced to intervene on a debate over transgender rights that has threatened to overshadow this year’s party conference, after MP Rosie Duffield said his position on the issue needed to be clarified. Yesterday Sir Keir said Ms Duffield, who is not attending the conference in Brighton after receiving threats and being branded transphobic, was wrong to say “only women have a cervix”.
Sep 2021. Let’s Talk About the Cerfix
