US Defines Mother is Female and Father is Male

US Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. has announced new guidance defining ‘mother’ and ‘father’. 

The announcement comes as part of President Donald Trump’s “only two sexes” federal policy. Since taking office, Trump has issued multiple gender-related orders affirming that US government policy recognizes only two sexes – male and female. He has instructed the health department (HHS) to provide “clear guidance” within 30 days on how to interpret sex-based definitions. 

The guidance issued by the HHS on Wednesday defines ‘sex’ as an immutable biological classification, designating individuals strictly as male or female. A ‘female’ is described as “a person of the sex characterized by a reproductive system with the biological function of producing eggs”. A ‘male’ has a reproductive system “with the biological function of producing sperm”. Consequently, a ‘mother’ is defined as a female parent, and a ‘father’ as a male parent. 

“This administration (are) bringing back common sense and restoring biological truth to the federal government”, RFK Jr. (left) was quoted as saying in the HHS statement. 

“The prior administration’s policy of trying to engineer gender ideology into every aspect of public life is over”, he argued. 

For years, the US has moved away from traditional parental titles, replacing ‘mother’ and ‘father’ with ‘parent one’ and ‘parent two’. In 2011, the State Department justified the change, arguing that gender-specific parental terms were outdated.

Yesterday, Hibernian beat Celtic 2-1 to inflict the league leaders their second Scottish Premiership defeat of the season. 

In fact, Hibs got their dream start in just the second minute and then found the net again on the stroke of half-time. Daizen Maeda pulled one back for his side on 68 minutes. 

Regardless, Celtic are still in total control of the Premiership title race, and will look to return to winning ways against Aberdeen on Tuesday.