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

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

Newsflash: Only women get pregnant

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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.

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