What the Supreme Court ruling over the definition of a woman means for prisons, hospitals and schools

In a landmark judgement on Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that trans women are not legally women under the Equality Act.

Five judges ruled unanimously that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex, in a decision that could have wide-ranging ramifications for trans women’s rights to use services and spaces reserved for women.