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This is where we put the issues into words. We are mothers, sisters, wives, daughters and neighbors from across Alberta, writing about the laws, the news and the quiet policy changes that shape the sex-based rights of women and girls, at home and abroad. We work hard to get the facts right and to show our sources, so you can read, share and decide for yourself. Welcome, and thank you for being here.
From a Lawsuit in Australia to How Canada Lets Trans-Identified Males Induce Lactation with Drugs and "Chestfeed" Newborns
A breastfeeding counsellor in Australia is being dragged through the courts for saying only women can breastfeed. The same capture has already reached Canada, where La Leche League now coaches biological males to induce lactation with off-label drugs, by its own admission, with little to no research on what this means for the infants being fed.
It Doesn't Have to Be This Way: How New Zealand Could Define "Woman" in a Sentence While Australia and Canada Fight On
New Zealand is trying to define woman and man in law with a single sentence. Australia shows what happens without that clarity, where its own Sex Discrimination Act was used to punish a woman for building a space for women. Canada sits in between, with Bill C-16 blocking the simple fix and women left to defend their sex-based rights one court case at a time.