Reinstate Word ‘Woman’ in NHS Cancer and Pregnancy Web Pages, Clinicians Demand

Reinstate Word ‘Woman’ in NHS Cancer and Pregnancy Web Pages, Clinicians Demand
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Owen Evans
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A group of clinicians has warned NHS bosses that they must remove “dehumanising” language such as “people with a vagina” and reinstate sex-based language in its cancer and pregnancy web pages.

In an open letter, the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG) called on NHS bosses to put back the word “woman” in communications about women’s health.
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