WOKE bosses at the General Medical Council have sparked outrage after removing the word “mother” from a document about maternity.
It has been replaced with gender-neutral references, such as swapping “surrogate mother” to “surrogate parent”.
GettyHealth bosses have replaced ordinary terms with gender-neutral references, such as swapping ‘surrogate mother’ to ‘surrogate parent’[/caption]
The body that regulates medical professionals, has been slammed for forcing “woke ideology” on staff.
Professor Karol Sikora, an oncologist for 50 years, said: “Not enough medical professionals are standing up to this lunacy.
“Only women can get pregnant and give birth. Sorry, but that’s a biological fact.”
One GMC staff member said: “It’s a concerted effort to ignore the existence of women.
“It’s not appropriate for a medical organisation to ignore biology.
They should stick to science.”
Helen Joyce, the director of advocacy group Sex Matters, said: “It beggars belief that one of the UK’s leading medical organisations has erased the word ‘mother’ from its maternity policy.”
The GMC’s menopause policy, a separate document, has also been stripped of references to women.
It states: “We are committed to ensuring the health, safety and wellbeing of all staff, providing support for colleagues experiencing the menopause.”
Heather Welford, from With Woman, a group of midwives and other maternity clinicians, said the changes were “ideologically driven”, “potentially harmful for women and babies” and “insulting to women”.
In a statement, a GMC spokesman said: “We have clearly titled maternity, paternity and adoption policies for our staff, which we review regularly.”