From CNN – The case for saying ‘pregnant people’ and other gender-inclusive phrases:

After we struggle past:

A person’s sex is what they were assigned at birth based on biological characteristics of maleness or femaleness as indicated by chromosomes, gonads, hormones and genitals.

And…

Gender identity is an aspect of gender that describes a person’s psychological sense of their gender, which may or may not align with one’s sex, according to the American Psychological Association. Someone whose gender identity conforms with what has been culturally associated with the sex they were assigned at birth is known as cisgender, while those whose identities don’t align may be transgender or a nonbinary gender (someone who doesn’t exclusively identify as either of the binary genders).

We get this:

And contrary to what some may think, saying things like “only women can get pregnant” excludes more than just intersex people or those in the LGBTQ community, Miller said — that’s because such statements can also convey that a ciswoman who can’t get pregnant is no longer fully a woman.

Oh dear. No it doesn't. That's a fundamental logical error. "Only humans can walk and talk" doesn't mean that people who can't walk or who can't talk aren't human. 

The stupid is very strong…

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