USA Today: "Scientists Agree There Is No Sufficient Way To Clearly Define What Makes Someone A Woman"

Marsha Blackburn asked Ketanji Brown Jackson to define 'woman.' Science says there's no simple answer.

Alia E. Dastagir | Published 1:08 p.m. ET March 24, 2022

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Scientists, gender law scholars and philosophers of biology said Jackson's response was commendable, though perhaps misleading. It's useful, they say, that Jackson suggested science could help answer Blackburn's question, but they note that a competent biologist would not be able to offer a definitive answer either. Scientists agree there is no sufficient way to clearly define what makes someone a woman, and with billions of women on the planet, there is much variation.

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