The Government is right to insist on using the word "women" in healthcare communications

Newsflash: Only women get pregnant

Let’s clear something up before we start rewriting the dictionary. Only women can get pregnant. Not “people,” not “uterus-having entities,” not “individuals of reproductive potential.” Just women. That’s it. That’s the fact. And the government is absolutely right to say so.

Associate Health Minister Casey Costello recently told Health New Zealand to drop…