Pregnant women should now be called 'pregnant people', says the British government

Activists, with the support of the British Medical Association, invite the term "pregnant people" to replace the term "pregnant or pregnant woman"

The British government now suggests that pregnant women should now be called "pregnant men" in a lawmakers filing a lawsuit involving the United Nations.

The proposed amendment is part of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, accepted by Great Britain as a signatory since 1976.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) submissions suggest the use of the term "pregnant people" to avoid the exclusion of "transgender people who have given birth or are pregnant," the Sunday Times reports.

Earlier this year, the British Medical Association also said that pregnant women should not be called "pregnant women" because this could offend transgender people.

A FCO spokesman said: "Britain does not oppose the use of the term 'pregnant woman'. We strongly support the right to life of pregnant women, and we have asked the Human Rights Committee not to exclude pregnant transgender persons from that right to life. "

Sarah Ditum, a feminist writer, told The Sunday Times: "Being in the female body and knowing what it means for reproduction does not" exclude you "." Forcing the decorative purification of any reference to our gender is insult. "

In the latest move, the organization has encouraged the use of a gender neutral language. Earlier this year, the British Medical Association told staff in hospitals not to call their patients "pregnant mothers" because it could be offensive.

In an internal document, the organization said: "The vast majority of people who are pregnant or have been born identify themselves as women. Here we can include intersexual men and trans people who can get pregnant and we have to call them "pregnant people" instead of "pregnant women."

At that time, Conservative MP Philip Davies described the guidelines as "totally ridiculous".

He said: "If you can not call a pregnant woman pregnant, where is the world going then?"

A series of primary schools have introduced gender neutral uniforms for children who are questioned their gender identity.

• 30 Oct, 2017
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