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I don't believe only in reproductive freedom, I believe in reproductive justice ... And you know, what that means is that just because a woman or let's also not forget someone in the trans-community. A trans-female is poor. It doesn't mean they shouldn't have the right to exercise that right to choose.And so they cheered. Behold, late empire liberalism in full flower. Who exactly is the constituency for Castro's idea? Men dressed as women who get pregnant -- that's the constituency.
JCU argues the sacking of Peter Ridd had nothing to do with his questioning of the science of climate change or the decline of the Great Barrier Reef, but rather the manner in which he made his arguments.
"Peter has always been allowed to conduct himself in relation to what our expectations of academic freedom are, it's the fact that he has broken the code of conduct on many occasions," said Professor Gordon.
Peter Ridd received an official warning in 2016 for critical comments he made about a colleague in an email he sent to a journalist.
But he was charged with the sackable offence of "serious misconduct" last August, after he told Sky TV that "scientific organisations like the Australian Institute of Marine Science and the ARC Centre for Coral Reef Studies can no longer be trusted".
Peter Ridd still stands by his statement.
"There's no doubt that what I said was a robust thing, and it would have upset people - I don't dispute that - but the thing is, if you say something important it's likely to upset people," he told 7.30.
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