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REP. Cori Bush faced backlash on Twitter when she referred to mothers as birthing people during a hearing on black women s maternal mortality rate.
As Bush told her story about her pregnancies, her use of transgender-inclusive language struck a chord with some and severely aggravated others.
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Bush said she almost lost both of her children during pregnancy because her doctors wouldn t listen to herCredit: The Mega Agency
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Bush received backlash and support for using the trans-inclusive term birthing people during her testimonyCredit: Twitter I am committed to doing to absolute most to protect black mothers, to protect black babies, to protect black birthing people and to save lives, Bush, a Democratic representative from Missouri, said during her testimony.
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Democratic Missouri Rep. Cori Bush riled up her online critics on Thursday when she referred to women as birthing people during a congressional hearing.
The squad member was heavily ridiculed after she publicly refrained from using the word women during a Democratic oversight committee hearing where she recounted her personal experience with difficult pregnancies to raise awareness of the rising maternal death rate among Black expectant mothers.
Bush shared a video of the hearing to her Twitter page with the caption, Every day, Black birthing people and our babies die because our doctors don’t believe our pain. My children almost became a statistic. I almost became a statistic. I testified about my experience @OversightDems today. Hear us. Believe us. Because for so long, nobody has.
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