Outrage over ‘not all pregnant people are women’ talk at Royal College

A prestigious British medical body has made waves after inviting an organization that claims it’s a ‘myth’ that only women get pregnant to give a seminar for International Women’s Day.

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG) event is billed as an opportunity for participants to discuss ways to challenge sexism in healthcare.

But the appointment of keynote speaker, Tori Ford, founder of nonprofit Medical Herstory, has sparked controversy.

Medical Herstory has claimed that a major myth about pregnancy is that “all pregnant people are women.

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Instead, the organization uses the more inclusive term “pregnant people,” as it refers to trans men, non-binary people, and “other non-conforming individuals.”

The RCOG event, to be held tomorrow, was about tackling medical sexism against women

Medical Herstory, a non-profit advocacy for gender equality founder Tori Ford, has been invited to speak at the RCOG event

Feminists and maternity groups said RCOG’s decision to invite Medical Herstory to International Women’s Day was “disappointing” and that inclusive language should not come at the expense of “wiping out the majority” of women.

Feminist author Milli Hill said while she welcomed the university’s goal to challenge medical sexism this International Women’s Day, Medical Herstory’s involvement was concerning.

“Sexism happens to women because of their gender,” she said.

It is therefore disappointing to see RCOG appoint a group that, despite the promising name Medical Herstory, seems confused about the difference between sex and sex.

“Their Instagram post citing the most common pregnancy myth that ‘all pregnant people are women’ is a classic example of this.”

She added that Medical Herstory was mistaken about the biological reality of pregnancy.

“Anyone who gets pregnant is female, however they want to identify themselves,” she said.

Ms Hill also said that while all individuals should be treated with respect, widespread inclusive language should not erase women, especially in the fight against sexism.

“Language should not be changed at the population level, erasing the majority to suit a very small minority,” she said.

“Fighting sex-based oppression requires sex-based language.”

Maternity care advocacy coalition With Woman was also critical of Medical Herstory’s involvement in the RCOG seminar.

Anna, a spokesperson for the group, said: ‘We welcome the RCOG focus on Women’s Day. We believe in tackling stigma in women’s healthcare.

“However, the fact that there is a stigma is because they are women. It is sexism and oppression of women that causes the problem.

“Herstory stating that it is a myth that all pregnant people are women misses the whole point of the stigma.”

She added that while health professionals will always treat individual patients with respect, addressing sexism requires women to be acknowledged.

“As health professionals, we treat everyone with dignity and their demanded language, but when we address stigma in women’s health care, we need to start with a gender-based analysis,” she said.

“You need a gender-based analysis to address sexism and thus women’s health stigma.”

In a post on Medical Herstory’s Instagram account, the organization said it was a “myth” that all “pregnant people” were women.

It further states that some pregnant people “may face social barriers during pregnancy,” including “care providers who do not respect their pronouns.”

Here are some examples of the awake language changes that have swept the NHS. Some of these are taken from national NHS communications, while others are used by individual hospitals

Medical Herstory urges people to use more inclusive language when referring to pregnant people.

RCOG and Medical Herstory were contacted for comment.

Only biological females can get pregnant, as biological males have neither the eggs to conceive a child nor a uterus to carry a baby.

This also applies to trans people, with only female-to-male trans people, trans men, being able to get pregnant.

However, some scientists have touted the idea of ​​giving uterine transplants to trans women, people who are biologically male, so they can get pregnant.

Women being erased in health information has become a growing concern in the NHS.

Gender-specific terms have been quietly scrubbed from official advice sites under a awakening urge for inclusion.

Pages about ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancer, and menopause, which only biological women can suffer, are all affected.