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Should the term "birthing people" replace the word "mothers"? Biden thinks so.
Rational in Portland
English - November 16, 2021 01:36 - 2 hours - 168 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsPolitics News Kids & Family Parenting Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We discuss the following articles:
Homeless encampments have caused Fairview Lake to flood because the camps are blocking access to the city pump that city workers are unable to reach due to gunfire from homeless campers. (https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/fairview-lake-floods-homeless-camps-block-pump-access/283-7d1f6005-d443-4c69-8d87-0c48beefd003)
Homeless campers living at Sandy River Delta park are facing off with vigilantes trying to clean up the park. (https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2021/11/02/36769230/illegal-camp-sweeps-and-limited-shelter-space-east-multnomah-county-grapples-with-a-growing-homelessness-crisis)
The ACLU altered a Justice Ginsburg quote changing references from "women" to "people". (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/aclu-apologizes-ginsburg-quote.html)
The Biden Administration has replaced "mothers" with "birthing people" in its maternal health guidance. (https://www.newsweek.com/biden-admin-replaces-mothers-birthing-people-maternal-health-guidance-1598343).
Med schools are denying biological sex. (https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/med-schools-are-now-denying-biological).
The war between radical feminists and transgender activists. (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/04/woman-2).
Children's mental health is now a national emergency. (https://www.npr.org/2021/10/20/1047624943/pediatricians-call-mental-health-crisis-among-kids-a-national-emergency)