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Q&A: Answering back!
Text and pictures: Heather Welford Q&A: answering back! Why our sex is important in health and maternity communications…and how you can meet the challenges. With Woman now have years of experience encouraging a focus on women’s health and maternity care in policy, in campaigning and in discussions and communications about…
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In the post – our letter to WHO
We sent a letter to the World Health Organisation & the leader of their Maternity panel. We object to the proposed formation of a group to develop guidelines on trans healthcare, with no specialist input on mother & child health. We are With Woman, a grassroots collective of female midwives,…
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Should trans identified men be supported to breastfeed? Why we say the answer’s ‘no’
Every so often, social media and the mainstream press get fired up with accounts of trans identified men breastfeeding. Here are a few The Post Millennial: Biological male celebrated for ‘breastfeeding’ newborn while the mother hemorrhages post-childbirth The Guardian: Transgender woman able to breastfeed in first documented case The Queer…
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UPDATE: Pause on £100k NHS award for training maternity units in trans inclusion.
Here’s why With Woman is cheering! If you’ve seen anything of this blog, seen our Twitter, followed any of our growing number of supporters, you’ll have seen the tale of the Invitation to Quote, to train maternity units in the language, and practice, of trans inclusion. The ITQ was published…
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PRESS RELEASE: Clinicians and researchers urge NHS England to pause £100K transgender midwifery training covering 40 Trusts
9 January 2023 A group of 1400 health practitioners, researchers and members of the public today sent a letter to NHS England urging that the imminent Maternity Gender Inclusion Programme (MGIP) be put on hold. The letter warned that a scandal similar to the events that led to the closure…
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PRESS RELEASE: Experts warn new transgender training for NHS maternity services based on ‘bogus’ research
The ITEMS report also recommended the introduction of ‘inclusive language’ for all maternity service users, which typically includes the addition of de-sexed terms such as ‘pregnant people’ and ‘chestfeeding’.
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Ideological capture at the heart of the NHS
Midwives, obstetricians and researchers who have seen the report say it raises more questions than answers, and that there significant flaws in its methodology and analysis.
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Open letter: Pause £100k midwifery training based on flawed research into trans maternity experiences
Please sign our letter to the NHS England National LGBT Programme.
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Why We Are With Woman
We are with women, and we will continue to fight for women-centred care and women’s reproductive rights as long as we need to.
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Gender ideology: birth and breastfeeding organisations captured
No man can get pregnant, birth a baby or breastfeed, but even breastfeeding stalwarts such as La Leche League (LLL) have stated that male lactation is an area that needs more research. Why?
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