UK: NHS removes word 'Dad' from pregnancy handbook in case it offends same sex couples

Submitted by Broadsword on Mon, 2012-05-28 17:59

Article here. Excerpt:

'The Health Service has removed the word ‘dad’ from a pregnancy handbook for fear of offending gay and lesbian parents.

Officials decided to use the term ‘partner’ throughout the 200-page guide, titled Ready Steady Baby, after receiving a complaint that ‘dad’ was discriminating against same-sex couples.

But the omission of the word has angered some campaigners who claim that traditional family values are being undermined.

Norman Wells, of the Family Education Trust, said: ‘This is all part of an agenda to present as natural a type of family that cannot be created by natural means.

‘The NHS should not be squandering taxpayers’ money to advance the cause of a minority interest group.'

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I hope they removed "mom" as well, as gay couple have neither moms nor dads, just Parent A and Parent B.

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Submitted by el cid on Tue, 2012-05-29 19:38

For that matter they should remove "mom" too because there are many transexuals/trangendered and intersexed people who can have babies.

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Submitted by Marc A. on Tue, 2012-05-29 20:58