NHS must stop using 'gendered vocabulary' to describe people who get pregnant to avoid discriminating against trans men who have babies, Labour MP for Leeds tells Commons

A male Labour MP believes the NHS should abandon 'gendered vocabulary' when treating pregnant women. Alex Sobel, Leeds Central and Headingley MP, urged doctors to use gender-neutral language when speaking to expectant parents so it includes transgender men. Mr Sobel, 49, also said that transgender men 'face a number of barriers in accessing equal quality healthcare on the NHS', the Telegraph reports. Speaking to the commons, Mr Sobel said: 'Across the NHS there needs to be a greater awareness of trans men and trans masculine people who have given birth. Alex Sobel, Leeds Central and Headingley MP, urged doctors to use gender-neutral language when speaking to expectant parents so it includes transgender men Mr Sorbel went on to reference the case of journalist Freddy McConnell, a transgender man who gave birth to a boy but 'could not appear on his child's birth certificate as father or even parent' Mr Sobel, 49, also said that transgender men 'face a number of barriers in accessing equal quality healthcare on the NHS' He went on to reference the case of journalist Freddy McConnell, a transgender man who gave birth to a boy but 'could not appear on his child's birth certificate as father or even parent'.