"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..."
"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..."
"Conservative MP Philip Davies described the guidance as `completely ridiculous`."
"He said: `If you can’t call a pregnant woman an expectant mother, then what is the world coming to?`"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/29/dont-call-pregnant-women-expectant-mothers-might-offend-transgender/
Confused? Some would say that is the point of it and it works.
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