Minute: Using The Term "Mother"
from Life Matters
In the appendix to his book 1984, George Orwell explains how the minds of citizens in that dystopian world were controlled, it was through the use of language known as 'Newspeak.' In 2017 the British Medical Association instructed all personnel to change their use of language in a booklet titled, "A Guide To Effective Communication- Inclusive Language In The Workplace." Physicians were specifically guided to never call a pregnant woman a mother. Sadly, unless regular people fight for the use of language and self evident facts, the Right To Life will be stripped away, if not by law, then through the dishonest manipulation of ideas via language. Air Date: N/A
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