Sunday, October 01, 2017



Don't call pregnant women 'expectant mothers' as it might offend transgender people, BMA says

The British Medical Association has said pregnant women should not be called "expectant mothers" as it could offend transgender people.

Instead, they should call them "pregnant people" so as not to upset intersex and transgender men, the union has said.

The advice comes in an internal document to staff outlining a raft of common phrases that should be avoided for fear of causing offence.

A large majority of people that have been pregnant or have given birth identify as women. We can include intersex men and transmen who may get pregnant by saying 'pregnant people' instead of 'expectant mothers'.

"The elderly" should be referred to as "older people", "disabled lifts" called "accessible lifts" and someone who is "biologically male or female" should be called "assigned male or female".

The BMA said the document was purely guidance for its staff on effective communication within the workplace, not advice to its 156,000 doctor members on how to deal with patients.

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5 comments:

ScienceABC123 said...

When you can show me a man (i.e. an adult with an "XY" 23rd chromosome pair) pregnant I'll consider your request, until then they're "expectant mothers" to me.

Anonymous said...

"Brave New World" could foresee the irrelevance of "normal" sexual reproduction.

Anonymous said...

Utter, uncut nonsense.

Spurwing Plover the fighting shorebird said...

Its just plain poppycock bull twadle

Anonymous said...

I suppose that a transitioning female might not be 'expecting' to be a mother - but a father.
For pretty much everyone else that is pregnant expectant mother seems like the correct term.
And I was not 'assigned' my sex. I was just born that way.
Congratulations BMA - you are now too stupid to understand basic biology.