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   From: tvaer**@**.org   
      
   On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:28:16 +0000, JNugent wrote:   
      
   > On 31/01/2017 15:51, Ophelia wrote:   
      
   >   
   >> Incidentally, what else do they intend to call expectant mothers?   
   >   
   > "Pregnant people" was one suggestion in the media.   
      
   Saying "Pregnant people" is speciesism and excludes those who identify as   
   cats or dogs or other taxa. It would be discriminatory and very   
   distressing for someone who identifies as a giraffe or a kangaroo to be   
   referred to as a "pregnant person" and a better term must be found,   
   "expectant being" would be a good alternative.   
      
   There is also the question of beings who are not in a strictly medical   
   condition of expectancy but nevertheless identify as being pregnant. They   
   also have the right to be called pregnant and given full pre-natal and   
   maternity care.   
      
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