Scotland's First Minister John Swinney says men can't get pregnant - but lawyers for the SNP-led Scottish Government are telling judges they can in landmark case which will determine the definition of

John Swinney yesterday said he didn’t believe men could be pregnant – at the same time as the Scottish Government’s lawyers were telling judges they could. In a written submission to the court, the Scottish Government said protections for pregnant women in the 2010 Equality Act could also apply to a ‘pregnant man’ who was born female. Supporters of the Sex Matters and the For Women Scotland hold a banner and placards outside the Supreme Court in London on Tuesday John Swinney said he didn’t believe men could get pregnant – at the same time Scottish Government lawyers were telling judges they could be Susan Smith of FWS said the case would have 'huge implications' for women-only spaces and groups Marion Calder and Susan Smith hold signs from For Women Scotland outside the Scottish Parliament on April 1 'But when asked why expensive Scottish Government lawyers are arguing that they can, he suddenly starts to obfuscate by claiming that it’s all very complicated. ‘To squander taxpayers’ money on this madness shows that Swinney’s SNP are still in the grip of harmful and irrational gender self-ID zealotry.’ Ruth Crawford, KC, for the Scottish Government, yesterday told the Supreme Court that a person would ‘become the sex of their acquired gender’, when they had a GRC.