{"id":1440960,"date":"2023-11-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1440960"},"modified":"2023-11-28T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T15:00:00","slug":"nhs-slammed-for-recording-gender-identity-of-newborn-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/nhs-slammed-for-recording-gender-identity-of-newborn-babies\/1440960\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS Slammed For Recording &#8220;Gender Identity&#8221; Of Newborn Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">NHS Slammed For Recording &#8220;Gender Identity&#8221; Of Newborn Babies<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/modernity.news\/2023\/11\/27\/nhs-slammed-for-recording-gender-identity-of-newborn-babies\"><em>Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The National Health Service in the UK has come under increased scrutiny after it rolled out a new \u00a3450 million IT system that only allows midwives to register the \u2018gender identity\u2019 of newborn babies, rather than their biological sex.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-11-27_15-56-24.jpg?itok=cHxA3h_c\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Mail\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12790873\/Now-hospitals-record-newborn-babies-gender-identity-sex.html\">reports<\/a>\u00a0that some midwives went public, complaining that the new EPIC computer system is forcing gender identities on newborns.<\/p>\n<p>An EPIC mess: midwives forced to record babies &#8220;gender identity&#8221; instead of sex at birth.<\/p>\n<p>Hospital blames \u00a3450m new computer system.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xFZfzk33bl\">https:\/\/t.co\/xFZfzk33bl<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xFZfzk33bl\">https:\/\/t.co\/xFZfzk33bl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sex Matters (@SexMattersOrg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SexMattersOrg\/status\/1728689908938637634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe hospital discharge summary is an important document for the baby to receive the best care from the whole NHS team,\u201d <\/em>one midwife told the outlet, adding:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cWe are talking about newborn and very young babies here. What on earth has gender identity as a concept got to do with them? It\u2019s ludicrous.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The midwife also claimed that there is now a \u201cclimate of fear\u201d within the organisation and that midwives are also being ordered to <strong>use terms such as \u2018birthing parent\u2019 instead of \u2018mother\u2019 and \u2018chest-feeding\u2019 rather than \u2018breast-feeding\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Midwives working for the NHS have gone public charging that they are being forced to assign gender identities to newborn babies and use trans terms like &#8216;chest-feeding&#8217; and &#8216;birthing parent&#8217;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Uq1xybmCq\">https:\/\/t.co\/7Uq1xybmCq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 m o d e r n i t y (@ModernityNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ModernityNews\/status\/1729185925434138965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s rights\u00a0campaigners have charged that the move is down to the influence of woke\u00a0pro-transgender\u00a0activists within the government run health service, yet NHS bosses have claimed there is a \u201csystem error\u201d in the U.S. made technology, and the \u201cunfortunate language\u201d is being corrected.<\/p>\n<p>Maya Forstater, of campaign group Sex Matters, commented \u201cLondon hospitals registering babies by their gender identity is absurd and chilling, and a clear indicator of the extent to which transactivism has taken over the NHS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recording sex accurately at birth is the bedrock of our official identity. It is information that is needed throughout your life.<\/p>\n<p>This development is very concerning. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nn9GhmRFRA\">https:\/\/t.co\/nn9GhmRFRA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maya Forstater (@MForstater) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MForstater\/status\/1728701075086065924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jenny Gamble, professor of midwifery at Coventry University, added \u201cSex is not assigned at birth, that is delusional. A baby cannot have a gender identity, because it\u2019s a baby. Gender identity is important later in life but it never erases the importance of sex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>As these pictures from earlier this year reveal, the NHS website also includes queries about gender identity of newborns and children when parents register them with GP surgeries:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-11-27_15-53-35.jpg?itok=bBEMt6OW\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-11-27_15-53-58.jpg?itok=EQeY_jQR\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-11-27_15-54-25.jpg?itok=-ORaAIKE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have previously reported on similar NHS actions:<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/modernity.news\/2022\/06\/29\/nhs-removes-references-to-women-from-advice-about-menopause\/\"><strong>NHS Removes References to Women From Advice About Menopause<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/modernity.news\/2022\/08\/15\/just-29-of-142-nhs-hospitals-refer-to-pregnancy-as-exclusively-biological-female-issue\/\"><strong>Just 29 of 142 NHS Hospitals Refer to Pregnancy as Exclusively Biological Female Issue<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/UK%E2%80%99s%20NHS%20Scrubs%20The%20Word%20%E2%80%98Women%E2%80%99%20From%20Ovarian%20Cancer%20Guidance%20To%20Be%20More%20%E2%80%9CInclusive%E2%80%9D\"><strong>Report: UK\u2019s NHS Scrubs The Word \u2018Women\u2019 From Ovarian Cancer Guidance To Be More \u201cInclusive\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Your support is crucial in helping us defeat mass censorship. Please consider donating via\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pauljosephwatson.locals.com\/support\">Locals<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0or check out our great\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pjwshop.com\/\">merch<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Tue, 11\/28\/2023 &#8211; 05:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/nhs-slammed-recording-gender-identity-newborn-babies\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/nhs-slammed-recording-gender-identity-newborn-babies<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NHS Slammed For Recording &#8220;Gender Identity&#8221; Of Newborn Babies Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, The National Health Service in the UK has come&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1440960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1440960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440960\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1440960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1440960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1440960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}