{"id":2180255,"date":"2024-02-19T19:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T00:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-nhs-trust-claims-transgender-womens-breast-milk-is-just-as-healthy-for-infants-as-biological-womens-breast-milk\/"},"modified":"2024-02-19T19:55:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T00:55:42","slug":"uk-nhs-trust-claims-transgender-womens-breast-milk-is-just-as-healthy-for-infants-as-biological-womens-breast-milk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-nhs-trust-claims-transgender-womens-breast-milk-is-just-as-healthy-for-infants-as-biological-womens-breast-milk\/","title":{"rendered":"UK NHS Trust: Transgender Women&#8217;s Breast Milk Equally Beneficial for Infants as Biological Women&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-nhs-trust-claims-transgender-womens-breast-milk-is-just-as-healthy-for-infants-as-biological-womens-breast-milk%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2180255&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christia Bridges-Jones, of Chandler, Arizona,\u2063 wears\u200b buttons on her chest in front \u2063of the\u2063 Delta Airlines ticket counter during a Nurse protest at Phoenix\u2063 Sky Harbor International Airport November 21, 2006 \u2062in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Jeff Topping\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>4:28 PM \u2013 Monday, February 19,\u200c 2024<\/h2>\n<p>According to an NHS trust, <strong>transgender women\u2019s\u2064 breast milk<\/strong> is <strong>\u201cjust as\u200b healthy\u201d<\/strong> for a baby to consume as that of a\u200d biological \u200cwoman who has given birth.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAn NHS trust is an\u200c organisational unit \u200dwithin the National \u200cHealth Services\u200c of England and Wales, generally \u200cserving either a geographical area\u200b or a \u2062specialised\u2063 function. \u2063In any particular location,\u2064 there may be several trusts involved in the different aspects of providing healthcare to the local population.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A <strong>transgender woman<\/strong> is a <strong>biological man with gender\u200d dysphoria<\/strong> who identifies as the\u200d opposite\u200d sex.<\/p>\n<p>According to a\u200b leaked letter from\u200c a medical director at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, milk produced\u200c by trans women using hormone medications is \u200d <strong>\u201ccomparable to that produced following\u2063 the birth of \u200ca\u200c baby,\u201d<\/strong> <em>The \u2062Telegraph<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018A separate academic study said even if\u200b it causes medical \u200cproblems\u200c for the baby, that shouldn\u2019t be\u200b the priority when it comes to a \u2063person\u2019s trans identity\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Leaked\u200d letters from an NHS Trust say\u2062 that drug-induced milk from transgender women (biological men) is &#8220;human milk&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kAj1217ppB\">pic.twitter.com\/kAj1217ppB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GB News (@GBNEWS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GBNEWS\/status\/1759321487863939207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In 2021, the hospital became \u2063the first to refer\u2063 to its perinatal services using gender-inclusive terminology, such as \u2063 <strong>\u201chuman milk\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cchest-feeding.\u201d<\/strong> It prided itself on being the <strong>\u201cfirst clinical and linguistic guidelines supporting trans and non-binary birthing people.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several suggestions regarding trans women\u2019s capacity to make breast milk \u2062through\u2063 <strong>\u201cinduced lactation\u201d<\/strong> were included in the letter. In order for trans women to grow milk-producing glands, they must take progestin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cProgestin \u2064is\u00a0a \u200bform of progesterone, the hormone that\u2062 plays a\u2062 role in the menstrual cycle and pregnancy,\u201d according to the American\u200d College of Obstetricians and\u200d Gynecologists (ACOG). <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prolactin production \u2062must\u2063 be stimulated, and this\u2063 requires the use of medications like domperidone, which can also be used by biological women\u2064 who are having difficulty breastfeeding. This \u2063hormone instructs\u2062 the body to start \u200bproducing breast milk.<\/p>\n<p>Using\u200c World \u2062Health \u2062Organization (WHO) guidelines from\u200d the previous \u2062year, the \u200chospital \u2062defended its actions by citing <strong>\u201coverwhelming evidence\u201d<\/strong> \u200dthat <strong>\u201chuman milk\u201d<\/strong> is \u2063superior\u2063 to \u200bformula milk\u2062 for\u200b infants.<\/p>\n<p>A 2022\u2063 study \u2064was also highlighted by the hospital, \u200bwhich claimed there \u2063were <strong>\u201cno observable side effects in babies\u201d<\/strong> breastfed with <strong>\u201ctestosterone concentrations\u2063 in baby milk.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, there is still not very much scientific research into the\u2063 effects of induced\u00a0breastfeeding\u00a0among transgender women. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis letter is unbalanced and na\u00efve in \u200dits assertion that\u200b the\u200d secretions produced by a male on\u2064 hormones\u2062 can nourish an infant\u200c in the way a mother\u2019s breast milk can,\u201d said Lottie Moore from the thinktank group Policy \u2064Exchange.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cA child\u2019s welfare must\u2064 always \u2064take precedence\u2063 over identity politics and contested belief systems that are not evidence-based. The NHS\u00a0should not be indulging in this nonsense,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the BHS trust\u200b responded by saying, <strong>\u201cWe stand\u200c by the\u2064 facts \u2063of the \u200bletter and \u200cthe cited evidence supporting them.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox \u200bfor free. \u2064Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\t\u2062\t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The U.S. Army\u2019s support for Ukraine is \u2063beginning to \u200dtake a toll on the budget for\u2063 other operations as \u200dtensions rise\u2063 around the world.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A house fire in\u200d Virginia kills one and injures 12 others. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Mike Davis<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Jobob<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A group of 20 tech companies announced they will work together to prevent deceptive AI content from interfering with\u200b elections.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI is working on a software that can \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-cut-throat-venezuelan-gangs-recruiting-from-migrant-shelters\/\" title=\"Venezuelan gangs recruit from migrant shelters, report says\">generate minute-long videos based<\/a> on text prompts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Activision\u2064 Blizzard has been hit with a U.S. lawsuit\u2063 claiming it restricts competition for organized\u200b gaming involving \u200d\u201cCall of Duty.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Amazon.com\u00a0has joined SpaceX and Trader Joe\u2019s in claiming that a U.S. labor agency\u2019s\u200c in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/call-of-duty-gamers-sue-activision-for-monopolizing-leagues-tournaments\/\" title=\"Call of Duty' gamers sue Activision over league and tournament monopolization\">-house enforcement proceedings violate<\/a> the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How can healthcare services be made\u2064 more inclusive \u200cand affirming\u200c for transgender individuals while still ensuring the well-being of infants and prioritizing their nutrition and care<\/h2>\n<p><span>  R ideology, and it is irresponsible\u200c to prioritize \u200dan individual&#8217;s trans identity over the potential risks\u2062 and \u200bunknown effects of consuming breast milk from a transgender woman,\u201d\u200d Moore added.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy surrounding the use of transgender women&#8217;s breast milk\u2063 has sparked\u2063 a debate about the rights of transgender individuals and the well-being of infants. While it is important to respect and\u200b support transgender individuals,\u200b it \u2064is equally important to prioritize the health and safety of infants.<\/p>\n<p>The leaked \u200bletter \u2062from the NHS trust has raised concerns among medical professionals\u2064 and the public. The idea that breast milk\u200c from transgender women \u200dis &#8220;just as \u200dhealthy&#8221; as that \u200dof biological women who have given birth is \u200dnot \u2062backed\u200b by \u2062sufficient scientific\u2063 evidence.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial to conduct \u2062thorough research and studies \u200dto understand the potential risks and benefits of\u200d induced lactation \u2062in transgender \u200cwomen. Without such research,\u200c it is irresponsible to promote the use of breast milk from transgender women as a viable alternative\u2062 to breastfeeding.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the focus should\u200c be on providing accurate\u2063 information \u200cand education to transgender individuals \u2064about their\u2064 reproductive options and supporting them through their\u2062 journey. It is essential\u2063 to ensure \u200bthat all individuals, including transgender individuals, have \u200caccess to inclusive and affirming healthcare services.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the well-being \u2064of infants should never be compromised. The\u2064 priority should always be to provide\u2064 infants with the best possible nutrition and care. Breast \u200bmilk from biological mothers has been proven to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/12-foods-that-look-just-like-the-organ-they-benefit\/\" title=\"12 Foods That Look Just Like the Organ They Benefit\">provide numerous health benefits<\/a> for infants, including essential nutrients and\u200c antibodies that help protect \u200bagainst infections and \u200bdiseases.<\/p>\n<p>While it is understandable that transgender individuals \u2062may want to \u200dexperience parenthood and provide nutrition to their \u2063infants, it is essential\u200c to consider the potential risks and uncertainties associated with induced lactation.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the leaked letter from the\u2064 NHS \u200dtrust has sparked a debate regarding the use of transgender women&#8217;s breast milk. While it is crucial to support and respect transgender individuals, the health and safety of infants should always be the top \u2064priority. Further scientific research and \u2063studies are needed to understand\u2063 the \u2063potential\u2063 risks and benefits of induced lactation in transgender women. In the meantime, it is essential to provide\u2064 accurate information, education,\u200b and \u200dinclusive healthcare services\u200c to \u200dall individuals, taking \u200binto account their specific needs and \u2064circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christia Bridges-Jones, from Chandler, Arizona, protests at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in 2006. She wears buttons on her chest in front of the Delta Airlines counter. 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