XPost: alt.politics.scorched-earth, uk.politics.misc, uk.legal   
   XPost: alt.politics.uk   
   From: tvaer**@**.org   
      
   On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:29:19 +0000, Joe wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:22:12 -0000 (UTC)   
   > Svenne  wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > That's not funny.   
      
   Of course it's not funny. It's a serious argument addressing an important   
   question.   
      
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