Alison O'Connor: We can be trans-inclusive without undermining women’s rights

"We must respect people's identity. A trans woman is a woman. A trans man is a man," says Labour Party leader and chair of the gender committee Ivana Bacik

Labour leader Ivana Bacik, chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality, has expressed her disagreement with the word ‘woman’ being removed from our maternity laws. Picture: Damien Storan

The chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality this week expressed her disagreement with the word “woman” being removed from our maternity laws.

Labour Party leader and chair of the gender committee Ivana Bacik gave her backing to keeping the word “woman” in the laws that cover maternity rights in Ireland.