By GLEN OWEN
- Rows started over whether pregnant women should be called ‘pregnant people’
- Last night three female MPs came out in support of Mr Sunak in the race
- Tory strategists believe they have a chance to win the backing of female voters
Rishi Sunak has made the first public policy pledge of his leadership bid – promising to protect women’s rights if he becomes prime minister.
It means the former chancellor – a father of two daughters – will enter the minefield of gender identity and transgender rights, which has become an anti-woke totem for large sections of his party.
Rows have broken out in particular over whether pregnant women should, for example, be called ‘pregnant people’ instead.
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