Sen. Lankford Challenges HHS Secretary Becerra to Define 'Birthing Person'

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CNS News) -- At a hearing today about the budget for the Health and Human Services Department (HHS), Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) challenged HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to clarify why his department is now apparently referring to mothers as "birthing persons" instead of just "mothers.” Lankford stressed that, “Mom is a pretty good word.”

At one point, Lankford said to Becerra, "I also noticed you changed a term in your budget work. You shifted in places from using the term ‘mother’ to ‘birthing people’ rather than mother. Can you help me get a good definition of birthing people?"