Belinda Phipps has been with the National Childbirth Trust for 15 years and has signed the open-letter to support the use the word “women”
An ex-head of the National Childbirth Trust signed an open letter in support of a pregnancy charity’s promise to use the word “women” as a pledge.
Belinda Phipps was a 15-year veteran of the NCT, Britain’s largest charity for parenting. She is among more 1,200 signatories that include members of the House of Lords as well as leading doctors, midwives, academics and academics.
The letter follows a public statement made by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service last month, which stated that it would continue to use “women” in its campaign despite some charities and hospital deciding to replace “mother” and “woman” with gender neutral terms in order to avoid offending trans lobbyists.
The letter addressed to the BPAS board was signed by the senior management team. It stated: ‘For many women, the words mother’ and woman’ hold significant value and status and they don’t want to see ‘gender balanced’ (i.e. Particularly in the area of reproductive healthcare, de-sexed language is needed.
This letter follows a British Pregnancy Advisory Service public statement last month that it would use the word women’ in its campaigns.
A gender-neutral sign. The letter stated that it was possible to treat marginalised groups with dignity and respect, and provide individualised care in which people can be referred to as they like, without changing the language at the population level.
“It is possible for marginalised groups to be treated with dignity and respect. Individualised care can be provided in which people are referred as they wish without changing the language of the population.
However, some signatories chose to withhold their identities out of fear of being harassed by transgender activists and losing their jobs because of their views.
One antenatal teacher wrote: ‘… not safe to share my name, regrettably – risk to my paid role.’
An NHS paediatrician requested anonymity in order to ‘prevent being hounded out my career’. Other signatories who requested not to be identified were university academics and NHS psychologists.
Milli Hill, a childbirth activist and author, has fallen prey to online trolling by ‘trans’ activists. She said: “It’s telling how many people chose not to give full details in order for them to remain anonymous. People who speak out – myself included – are made an example of and basically put in the pillory.’