Midwifery degrees starting this month will teach students how to look after ‘pregnant people’ and ‘birthing parents’, rather than ‘women’.
The courses, which train midwives for the NHS, have replaced references to mothers with ‘gender neutral’ language to accommodate trans people.
Several degree courses starting this autumn have used the ‘inclusive’ language on their websites or in course materials. However, critics said it risked dehumanising women and reducing them to ‘bodies’ which give birth.
