The Australian Government Services Minister has ordered the removal of the term “birth parent” from Medicare documents.
Government Services Minister Bill Schoten said the form was used in pilot programs deployed at three hospitals under the previous administration.
“When I was informed of this situation yesterday, I instructed the person in charge to stop using the previous government form,” he wrote. On twitter..
“They will be replaced with new forms that use the word mother rather than the birth parent, which is consistent with other Medicare forms.”
About the Daily Tele story about the form that was part of a pilot program launched at three hospitals under the coalition government one-third ago.
— Bill Shorten (@billshortenmp) July 20, 2022
This issue was published by his mother, Sall Grover. I posted a form Called “derogatory” in her Twitter account.
Liberal Senator Claire Chandler said the case was not “one-off.”
“Public services are spending taxpayers’ money on lobby groups that come up with this kind of garbage. This will continue to happen until a government-wide directive to respect gender-based language,” she writes. I am. on facebook..
Attorney Peter Janssen said the form was a “dehumanized woman.”
“Government bureaucrats are so afflicted by this minority group of radicals and lobbyists that they are hellish in creating a Cultural Revolution that destroys our traditional values. I succumbed to their distorted paradigm, “he wrote. On LinkedIn..
The incident arose as transgender ideology continued to take hold in the public sphere and non-binary gender became increasingly widely recognized.
For example, in June, Australian Federal Health Director Brendan Murphy had a hard time defining a woman during a hearing of the Senate’s estimates when asked by Liberal Senator Alex Antic.
“It’s a very contested space right now, Senator. That is, there’s a clear biological definition, but there’s a definition of how people identify themselves, so we’re based on notice. We will provide you with a working definition of ours, “he replied.
In June, FINA of the FINA World Championships resolved to limit transgender athletes from participating in women’s events. A majority of 71.5% of the more than 190 members voted in favor of a new policy aimed at creating another category for transgender athletes.
Nina Nguyen contributed to this article.
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