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The Washington Post was mocked for referring to pregnant women as “pregnant people” in an article published Thursday.
The article is titled “Pregnant women at much higher risk of COVID breakthrough, study shows” and reports on a new study that looked at whether certain comorbidities could affect a vaccinated person’s risk of contracting COVID-19, also known as a breakthrough case.
Reporters Amy Goldstein and Dan Keating used the term “pregnant people” throughout the article.
“Pregnant women who are vaccinated against coronavirus are almost twice as likely to contract Covid-19 as non-pregnant women, according to a new study that provides the most comprehensive evidence yet on the likelihood of infection in vaccinated patients with diverse medical circumstances,” she wrote.
The researchers measured risk by analyzing the records of pairs of fully vaccinated patients from the same part of the country. In each pair, one patient had the condition being measured and the other did not. Patients were not matched by age, and pregnant women could have been matched to male or female in the analysis.
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Happy pregnant woman visits a gynecologist in the hospital or medical clinic for a pregnancy counselor. Doctor examines pregnant belly for baby and mother health checkup. Gynecology Concept. (Happy pregnant woman visits gynecologist in hospital (iStock)
The term female appeared once in the article to describe how the study was conducted.
“Researchers measured risk by analyzing records from pairs of fully vaccinated patients from the same part of the country. In each pair, one patient had the condition being measured and the other did not. The patients were not age matched, and the pregnant women could have been matched to a male or female in the analysis,” the article said.
The Post was mocked on social media for referring to pregnant women as “pregnant people.”
“Habibi Bros.” Podcast co-host Siraj Hashmi tweeted “happy last day of women’s history month.”
“They’re called ‘women,’ you flat-earth idiots,” conservative radio host Dana Loesch wrote.
Bablyon Bee CEO Seth Dillon tweeted, “Not all women are pregnant, but all pregnant women are women.”
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Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was similarly mocked when she used the term “pregnant people” to recommend that women get the coronavirus vaccine.
“The rise in cases, the reluctance to vaccinate and the increased risk of serious illnesses in pregnant women make vaccination against #COVID19 more urgent than ever. Read why @CDCgov recommends that pregnant women should be vaccinated against COVID-19,” Walensky tweeted in August 2021, with a link to the CDC website.
The Washington Post covered the CDC’s guidance at the time by also using the term “pregnant person.”
Fox News’ Cortney O’Brien contributed to this report.