Democratic Missouri Rep. Cori Bush referred to women Thursday as “birthing people.”
The congresswoman refrained from using the word “women” during a Democratic oversight committee hearing Thursday where she criticized treatment of black pregnant women, drawing on two personal stories about her own children and pregnancies.
“Every day, Black birthing people and our babies die because our doctors don’t believe our pain,” she tweeted with a video of her remarks. “My children almost became a statistic. I almost became a statistic. I testified about my experience @OversightDems today. Hear us. Believe us. Because for so long, nobody has.” Read more…
