{"id":33719,"date":"2025-02-19T02:08:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T02:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/state-takes-on-woke-language-introduces-bill-to-ban-terms-such-as-pregnant-person-and-chestfeeding\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T02:08:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T02:08:43","slug":"state-takes-on-woke-language-introduces-bill-to-ban-terms-such-as-pregnant-person-and-chestfeeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/state-takes-on-woke-language-introduces-bill-to-ban-terms-such-as-pregnant-person-and-chestfeeding\/","title":{"rendered":"State takes on ‘woke’ language, introduces bill to ban terms such as ‘pregnant person’ and ‘chestfeeding’"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Virginia<\/a> lawmakers on Monday introduced a bill that bans “woke words” and agendas from state government content, citing concerns about the terms being “sexist” and “exclusionary.”<\/p>\n

The changes, which center around “accurate, female-affirming alternatives,” would restrict wording used in state government<\/a> documents, websites, literature and in-person, according to legislators.<\/p>\n

Specific terms included in the bill include using “pregnant women” instead of “pregnant people,<\/a>” using “woman” instead of “womxn or womyn,” and using “woman” instead of “birth-giver.”<\/p>\n

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The phrases were designed for gender inclusivity, as some people do not identify with their biological anatomy.<\/p>\n

Other wording changes noted in the bill relate to breastfeeding and other pregnancy-related topics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Legislators suggested using “breastfeeding” as opposed to “chestfeeding,” “breast fed” as opposed to “body fed” or “person fed,” and “breast milk” instead of “human milk.”<\/p>\n

While supporters claim the gender-neutral terminology can “streamline” communication about various topics, critics allege the wording is “made up” and can lead to confusion.<\/p>\n

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2023 posted advice on its website for transgender and non-binary people <\/u><\/a>wishing to “chestfeed” their children.<\/p>\n

Portions of the guidance detailed instructions for those who had breasts removed in gender-reassignment surgery or for biological men taking hormones to grow breasts on how to feed their newborns.<\/p>\n

Several doctors criticized the information, claiming the CDC failed to gauge the risks posed to children drinking milk produced by chemicals used in gender-reassignment medical operations.<\/p>\n

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House Bill 2406, which is sponsored by 11 delegates, would take effect on June 1.<\/p>\n

On Feb. 7, CDC<\/u><\/a> researchers were told to remove words frequently associated with gender ideology from research manuscripts that they intend to publish.<\/p>\n

A screenshot of a leaked internal email sent out to CDC staff, obtained by the newsletter Inside Medicine,<\/u><\/a> showed a list of terms and phrases that must be removed from scientific manuscripts produced by the agency’s researchers and intended for publication.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Those terms included: “gender,” “transgender,” “pregnant person,” “pregnant people,” “LGBT,” “transsexual,” “non-binary,” “nonbinary,” “assigned male at birth,” “assigned female at birth,” “biologically male” and “biologically female.” According to the Washington Post,<\/u><\/a> the list includes about 20 terms. They indicated that the directive also ordered the removal of any use of “they\/them.”<\/p>\n

West Virginia University<\/a> is the latest education institution to curb its diversity, equity and inclusion office due to reverse-discrimination claims.<\/p>\n

The delegates did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital’s Gabriel Hays and Charles Creitz contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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