120 Medical Professionals Sign Letter Opposing Gender-Neutral Language
Published on January 2, 2024
A large contingent of Australian medical professionals are pushing back against attempts to create gender-neutral and diverse medical language over concerns that it may distort data and lead to severe errors in conducting procedures. One hundred and twenty medical researchers, doctors, midwifery professors, and senior clinicians signed a letter addressed to peak funding body the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) on Jan. 1. The letter warns that such ambiguous language will blur the lines between biological sex and gender identity. They suggest this exacerbates the female data gap—a theory suggesting that medical data is skewed due to its reliance on research predominantly involving biological men....