Category: Comment
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Guest post: Statement from the concerned LLLGB trustee group defending sex-based rights
Pressure to abandon mother-only breastfeeding services has been building internationally at LLL for several years as gender-identity activism has gathered force. We are now at the point that group leaders around the world are being told they must support ‘male lactation.
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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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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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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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Sex-based language: vital for women’s rights
But avoiding words such as ‘woman’ and ‘mother’ – sexed words, for females – hides the power imbalance. When you no longer speak about biological sex, the physiological, psychological and rights-based differences that affect women are rendered invisible.
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Why as midwives we oppose paediatric transition
We support healthy expressions of sexuality and reproductive choice. Teenagers should be allowed to go through puberty, and develop sexual feelings, expression and behaviour, including homosexuality and gender non-conformity. In most cases it is the process of puberty and understanding your sexuality and adult body that resolves gender dysphoria. It is vital…
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