Female hospital patients’ dignity, privacy, and safety are being “diminished significantly” by the imposition of transgender rights in Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), members of the House of Lords have warned.
During discussions on the Health and Care Bill held on Feb. 9, lawmakers of the UK Parliament’s second chamber raised concerns over the impact of “Annex B” of the updated NHS guidance, which states that trans people should be accommodated “according to their presentation: the way they dress, and the name and pronouns they currently use,” rather than their biological sex at birth.
