CNN hosts claim Trump administrations new definitions of male and female arent used by most scientists

CNN hosts derided Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F.Kennedy Jr.’s new guidance on biological differences between men and women, claiming such “new definitions” are more restrictive than those used by “most scientists.”The HHS released guidance Wednesday to implement sex-based definitions across the federal government and partners to expand on President Donald Trump’s executive order signed last month titled, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.”The guidance states that it “recognizes there are only two sexes: male and female. HHS will use these definitions and promote policies acknowledging that women are biologically female and men are biologically male.” It goes on to specify that a male is a person “of the sex characterized by a reproductive system with the biological function of producing sperm” and a female is a “person of the sex characterized by a reproductive system with the biological function of producing eggs (ova).”CNN host Brianna Keilar, however, argued, without evidence, that “most scientists” use less restrictive definitions.“In one of Robert F.

Kennedy Jr.‘s first moves as secretary of Health and Human Services, the agency has released new guidance that gives a narrower definition of sex than the ones used by most scientists,” Keilar said Thursday.Co-host Boris Sanchez added, “This language aligns with an executive order that President Trump signed last month and includes new definitions for words like ‘sex,’ ‘female,’ ‘woman,’ ‘male,’ ‘man’ and more.”CNN health reporter Jacqueline Howard joined the show to offer her observation that the guidance “defines sex as, ‘a person‘s immutable biological classification as either male or female.’ So this means this definition cannot change.And a woman is defined as an adult human female and a man as an adult human male.

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