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OU, state mental-health agency tout ‘pregnant people’
Ray Carter | March 20, 2024
OU, state mental-health agency tout ‘pregnant people’
Click the headline to read the full article at OCPA.
![]() Higher Education OU, state mental-health agency tout ‘pregnant people’
Oklahoma’s “mental health” department went to great lengths to avoid referencing the existence of “women” or “mothers”—instead touting “pregnant people,” “individuals who are pregnant,” and “pregnant and parenting people.”
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