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8. Hospitals in the U.K. ban mother, breastfeeding

In an effort to accommodate transgender language at two U.K. hospitals, midwives were ordered in February 2021 to replace the words “mother” and “breastfeeding” with more “trans-friendly” terms.

“Fathers” also became “birthing parent” as part of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust's inclusive language policy.

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Under the revised policy, “birthing parent” is used instead of “mother,” and "breastmilk” was replaced with the phrases "human milk," "breast/chestmilk" or "milk from the feeding mother or parent."

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