Chicago hospital announces "gender x" option
"Only you can choose your pronouns."
A chain of Chicago-area hospitals has announced it will provide patients with the option to identify as “gender X” and to be addressed with the pronouns of their choice.
Northwestern Medicine’s Gender Pathways Program, which offers gender-related surgeries, made the announcement Monday.
In a press release, the hospital explained that beginning December 18, electronic medical records will accommodate the “X” option for gender as well as provide designations for sexual orientation and gender identity.
"Northwestern Medicine hospitals and outpatient centers affirm every patient's gender identity. The new medical record designation will enhance communication with patients, align with best practices and help our staff better meet the needs of the diverse population we serve," Sumanas Jordan, MD, PhD, director of the Gender Pathways Program, said in a statement.
The hospital also informed patients on its website that "We believe that everyone deserves high-quality health care that respects and validates their gender identity. Out of respect and to meet your needs, we may ask what pronouns you would like us to use. Only you can choose your pronouns."
“Gender identity is vital to people’s sense of who we are, and our care providers must have that information to create a comprehensive healthcare plan,” said Cindy Barnard, the hospital’s vice president of quality. “The ‘X’ designation will give us a deeper understanding of our patients’ needs and help us communicate in the most respectful and sensitive way.”
The Blaze notes that Northwestern Medicine also offers a number of transgender surgeries for patients, including "masculinizing" and "feminizing" procedures such as "vaginoplasty," "phalloplasty,” breast augmentation, and mastectomy.
Link: Chicago Hospitals Announce Patients May Identify as “Gender X”
The Biden administration has quietly recommended changing a federal rule so as to prevent states from distributing certain funds to pro-life pregnancy centers.
Life News reports that the proposed change pertains to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, through which states are provided with funds they can currently distribute to programs such as pregnancy centers.
In October, however, the Biden administration argued that the change would prevent states from being able to “to pay for activities with, at best, tenuous connections to any TANF purpose.”
Sickeningly, the government argued that one of the purposes for TANF is to “prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies,” as the Catholic News Agency reported.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has reacted by petitioning the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that pro-life pregnancy centers, sometimes referred to as crisis pregnancy centers, are not unfairly restricted from TANF funds.
Pregnancy centers provide an array of vital services to pregnant women in need, such as counseling, provisions, and emotional support. These organization often give out free diapers, formula, clothing, parenting classes, babysitting, and many more vital services to support women who choose life for their babies.
They have, however, been the target of vandalism and even arson at the hands of pro-abortion activists in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade last year. It is a disgrace the Biden administration would seek to prevent these life-saving centers from receiving public funds meant to help families in need, all the worse that they do so in the name of killing babies who are conceived in less-than-fortunate circumstances.
Link: Biden Admin Seeks to Disqualify Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers From Federal Funds
A doctor in India has been arrested after authorities discovered an illegal abortion ring targeting baby girls.
Live Action reports that Dr. Chandan Ballal was arrested by Bengaluru police along with his receptionist and the director of the hospital where the abortions were committed.
The ring was discovered when two men were caught transporting pregnant women and questioned.
The pro-life organization reports that the criminals were using a sugar refinery as a cover to use an unregistered device to conduct ultrasounds on pregnant women. The abortion ring catered to pregnant couples or women who were pregnant with undesired baby girls.
The suspects have been charged under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act and IPC Section 312 (causing miscarriage).
While sex-selective abortions are illegal in India, but sadly incredibly common in Asia.
“Families want a son at any cost. Any cost!” said one woman Live Action quoted who had been forced into a sex-selective abortion said. “If I die [today], my husband will remarry tomorrow morning, hoping the next woman will give birth to a son.”
Link: Doctor Arrested for Committing Over 900 Sex-Selective Abortions in India
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