A recent investigation by The Mail reveals that a third of NHS hospitals use terms such as “service users” or “pregnant people” when talking about their maternity patients. 

The reason for the use of such so-called inclusive language stems from a widespread fear of upsetting the loud and active transgender campaigners. 

The Mail focused on that NHS facilities are becoming increasingly reluctant to use words such as “mothers” or “women”. This evolution can be observed on their websites, where such terms can hardly be found. 

“Trans-inclusive” terminology pushed by controversial charities such as Mermaids and Stonewall is quickly becoming part of the norm. 

The investigation conducted by the Mail focused on 124 NHS facilities providing maternity care. It turned out that one out of three of them (42) woke terminology, including the odd-sounding “birthing people” to talk about mothers. 

Only 29 trusts informed that they only use the word “mother” or “woman” in the context of pregnancy. 15 others admitted they were “considering” introducing terms such as “pregnant people”.

Some trusts like Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals in Surrey use both expressions, namely “women” and “birthing people”, reportedly in an attempt “to be as inclusive and representative as possible of all the people that use its service.” 

It is so despite the fact that virtually no woman in the hospital has been taken care of in the last two years, identified as anything else than such. 

A similar situation can be observed at Liverpool Women’s where woke language appeared back in 2019  “in line with the national direction in maternity services,” although not a single “transgender” patient gave birth there out of 17,000 women since April 2020.

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Author: Sébastien Meuwissen