{"id":479217,"date":"2021-05-06T18:05:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T22:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=479217"},"modified":"2021-05-06T18:05:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T22:05:49","slug":"using-the-term-birthing-people-erases-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/using-the-term-birthing-people-erases-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Using The Term \u2018Birthing People\u2019 Erases Women"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fusing-the-term-birthing-people-erases-women%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=479217&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232458235-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>During her testimony to the Democratic oversight committee, pro-choice Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) referred to women as \u201cbirthing people.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEvery day, Black birthing people and our babies die because our doctors don\u2019t believe our pain. My children almost became a statistic. I almost became a statistic,\u201d Rep. Bush tweeted, sharing a video of her testimony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI testified about my experience @OversightDems today,\u201d she continued. \u201cHear us. Believe us. Because for so long, nobody has.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.808022922636\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every day, Black birthing people and our babies die because our doctors don\u2019t believe our pain. My children almost became a statistic. I almost became a statistic. <\/p>\n<p>I testified about my experience <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OversightDems?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OversightDems<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p>Hear us. Believe us. Because for so long, nobody has. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rExrMXzsSQ\">pic.twitter.com\/rExrMXzsSQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congresswoman Cori Bush (@RepCori) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepCori\/status\/1390352127579594753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>During her testimony, she recounted two stories of her own difficult pregnancies, alleged that her experiences were indicative of systemic racism, and said that she was committed to protecting \u201cblack birthing people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEvery day, black women are subjected to harsh and racist treatment during pregnancy and childbirth. Every day black women die because the system denies our humanity. It denies us patient care,\u201d Rep. Bush declared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI sit before you today as a single mom, as a nurse, as an activist, and as a Congresswoman, and I am committed to doing the absolute most to protect black mothers, to protect black babies, to protect black birthing people, and to save lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>\u201cBirthing people.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span>This effort to de-genderize the definitionally-feminine act of giving birth is the latest step in a broader Leftist strategy. In January, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. James McGovern (D-MA) pushed to eliminate \u201cgendered\u201d terms like \u201cfather\u201d and \u201cdaughter\u201d in the House rules text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe proposed changes, which will be voted on shortly after the House enters session, would swap out the words father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, husband, and wife for the words parent, child, sibling, parent\u2019s sibling, and spouse in a section of the 48-page House rules,\u201d reported <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/proposed-house-rules-strike-non-inclusive-words-father-son-sister-mccarthy-responds\"><span>The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And who can forget Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and his bizarre opening prayer for the 117th Congress as guest House chaplain in January?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd dare I ask, oh Lord, peace even in this chamber now and evermore. We ask it in the name of the monotheistic god, Brahma, and god known by many names by many different faiths,\u201d Rep. Cleaver declared. \u201cAmen and a woman.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4804469273743\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A prayer opening the 117th Congress concluded, &#8220;Amen and a woman.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amen&#8221; translates to &#8220;so be it.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SIGBtgLk5v\">pic.twitter.com\/SIGBtgLk5v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcexaminer\/status\/1345886892206792704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>While the push to remove gendered terms is hardly shocking, Democrats have gone one step further with the term \u201cbirthing people.\u201d The reason for this is simple: <em><strong>only women can give birth.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The ability to create, protect, and deliver life is a miraculous gift bestowed solely upon women. Men cannot give birth. \u201cPeople\u201d cannot give birth. Women can give birth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trying to ram through terms like \u201cbirthing people\u201d erases women. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The fact that it was uttered under the guise of \u201cprotecting\u201d mothers \u2014 while denying their basic feminine characteristics \u2014 makes it all the more despicable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> <i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During her testimony to the Democratic oversight committee, pro-choice Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) referred to women as \u201cbirthing people.\u201d\u00a0\u201cEvery day, Black birthing people and our babies die because our doctors &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893628,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-479217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}