Bill Shorten intervenes to remove ‘birthing parent’ from medical forms amid criticism in Daily Telegraph
by Paul Karp from on (#61MRA)
Decision to stop trial of trans-inclusive language at three hospitals condemned by LGBTQ+ advocates and praised by Katherine Deves
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Bill Shorten has intervened to stop a trial of the term birthing parent" being used on medical forms at several hospitals, amid criticism in News Corp's Daily Telegraph that the term amounted to woke erasure".
The term birthing parent was used in a trial at three hospitals on Services Australia digital forms for parents to register their child's birth with Medicare. Only 1,100 parents had participated in the trial.
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