Rep. Cori Bush Says 'Birthing People' in 'Maternal Health Crisis' Testimony, and Twitter Goes Nuts (msn.com)
Not a good time to do this, since it was about how Black women are treated in the medical industry.
Not a good time to do this, since it was about how Black women are treated in the medical industry.
Democratic Missouri Representative Cori Bush used the gender-inclusive term "birthing people" on Thursday while testifying before the Democratic Oversight Committee about America's Black maternal health crisis. After she tweeted out a video of her testimony, the term "birthing people" immediately became the center of an embittered Twitter war over whether the gender-neutral term was justified.