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Pregnant woman, or pregnant person?

In recent years, it has become normalized to refer to pregnant women as pregnant people. When I was pregnant with my firstborn, I noticed this in various forms of medical literature. Much of it was in articles from legitimate medical sources. This isn't just a trend on social media, it has actually become commonplace to use this term and we as individuals are being encouraged to use it too. The words and expressions that people use are always influenced by the culture around them, and the world that they live in. In the case of the West, that world is now one where authorities, including the most important in delivering information relevant to pregnant women, are deviating from actual medical realities for the sake of ideology. They seek to further an agenda that proclaims to advocate rights and equality when in essence it has nothing to do with that. Women who do not identify as women are in an extreme minority, and they should be treated as such.
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spjennifer · 61-69, T
Unless something has drastically changed in human biology in the last couple of years, women are the only human gender capable of giving birth, "pregnant people or person" doesn't give birth, pregnant women do, and trans men of course still have the organs to give birth so maybe that's what's being targeted with this? Not sure but most pregnant women I've known would be pretty offended by being called a "pregnant person" and woe to the person who made that mistake, male or female or other 🤪
SW-User
@spjennifer Exactly.
spjennifer · 61-69, T
@SW-User tbh, I just edited my comment to include that transmen are mostly still capable of getting pregnant though I doubt many of them are interested in doing that but this may be who is being targeted by the term "pregnant person"???
SW-User
@spjennifer It is mostly trans men and non-binary people. If they wish to be referred to in a certain way by their medical practitioners or midwives, that is their choice and I am not advocating for them to be denied that.

When it comes to medical literature that pregnant women need to read, though, only "pregnant woman" should ever be used.
spjennifer · 61-69, T
@SW-User Agreed, I think the segment of originally genetic women (transmen) who still possess the organs to conceive and choose to give birth is pretty small and agree, if they choose to get pregnant, then they can ask to be called whatever they please.