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Trump [announced his anti-trans order on his first day in office]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-signed-slew-executive-220147534.html'). Specifically, the order defines a female as a “a person belonging, at conception to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell,” while a male is a “person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell.”
The president also [laid out the policy in his inaugural address on Monday]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-inaugural-address-full-saved-205812684.html').
“As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders: male and female,” he declared.
But critics pointed out that genitalia at conception are “phenotypically female,” [according]('https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK222286/#:~:text=During%20early%20development%20the%20gonads,the%20later%20stages%20of%20life.') to the National Library of Medicine.
For the [first several weeks]('https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK222286/#:~:text=During%20early%20development%20the%20gonads,the%20development%20of%20the%20testes.') after conception, all human embryos follow a “female” developmental blueprint until the activation of the SRY gene initiates sexual differentiation. Embryos with an XY genotype will begin developing male traits linked to the Y chromosome at roughly six weeks. Before then, human embryos have only developed female traits linked to the X chromosome. One social media critic scoffed that the [order was “written by morons.”]('https://x.com/millj919/status/1881729695278047644')
McBride laughed off the distinction between “reproductive cells” during Tuesday evening votes in the House of Representatives.
“Well, it appears that he just declared everyone a woman from conception based on the language of the executive order,” she told The Independent.
:rolleyes:
