Tue Mar 7, 2023 – 2:19 pm EST
TORONTO (LifeSiteNews) – The Toronto Raptors basketball team has apologized for a video in which players acknowledge that only women can give birth, amid a flurry of condemnation from left-wing activists.
The Daily Caller reports that on March 1, the team posted to social media a Women’s History Month video asking why “girls rule the world” with point guard Malachi Flynn answering that women “are the only one that can procreate,” and center Precious Achiuwa that “they birth everybody.”
Despite being biologically accurate, the comments in the video were slammed for offending the sensibilities of those who believe that “gender identity” is “fluid.” SB Nation editor Jeanna Kelly, for instance, declared that “one way to show you actually want to celebrate and empower women would be helping provide menstrual products to people who need them” promoting a group that fights for “period equity.”
“We’re an organization that prides itself on doing the right thing when it comes to inclusion and representation, and we made a mistake,” the Raptors responded. “Our sincerest apologies to our players, our staff and our fans – we’ll work to do better today and
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