DEFINE 'BIRTHING PEOPLE,' WHICH THE BIDEN'S BUDGET USES INSTEAD OF 'MOTHERS'

 

Sen. Lankford Challenges HHS Secretary Becerra to Define 'Birthing People'--Which Biden's Budget Uses Instead of 'Mothers'

By Julia Johnson | June 11, 2021 | 5:29pm EDT

 

 

 

 

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(CNS News) -- At a hearing Thursday about the budget for the Department of Health and Human Services, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) challenged HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to explain why President Biden's budget proposal refers to mothers as "birthing people" instead of "mothers.”

Lankford stressed that, “Mom is a pretty good word.”

At one point, Lankford said to Becerra, "I also noticed you changed a term in your budget work. You shifted in places from using the term ‘mother’ to ‘birthing people’ rather than mother. Can you help me get a good definition of birthing people?"

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