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"Women" or "female humans"
Hi, I know the reference in the first sentance uses "woman", but isnt it more precise to say "female human", it would not only include transgender and nonbinary people, but also highlight this article is not about pregnancy of mammals in general. Nsae Comp (talk) 05:27, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
- In that case, someone would just make the same objection about "female" as a gender term. Medical sources overwhelmingly say "women", so we follow WP:Due weight. Also, generally, women generally prefer to be called women, not "female human". Crossroads -talk- 05:47, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
- Well, I at least somewhat added/raised the issue in the later part of the article since it seems to not be touched upon anywhere. Nsae Comp (talk) 05:59, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
- The phrase female human would exclude intersex people.
- We should follow the sources in how we talk about this subject. The sources do not emphasize people who do not have a gender identity as a woman. When that changes, the Wikipedia article will, too. WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:53, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
- FUchesco, could you please join this discussion, and try to persuade people that "women" should not be mentioned at the start of an article that is not only traditionally about "women", but has also been a major excuse for discriminating against women?
- Wikipedia:Edit warring will get you blocked, but people are willing to listen to you here. We all want the best article that we can have, and I am certain that is true about you, too. WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:12, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
Dates
There are three different sets of dates for when pregnancy "begins". They are:
- Last menstrual period (pregnancy begins two weeks before ovulation and fertilization)
- Conception (pregnancy begins at fertilization, which is usually ≤24 hours after ovulation)
- Implantation (pregnancy begins 5–10 days after ovulation and fertilization)
The last item is especially salient for abortion, because the pre-implantation definition means that Emergency contraception cannot be abortifacient. (There is no implanted blastocyst at that time; therefore there is no pregnancy, and you can't terminate a pregnancy that doesn't exist.) This approach is not especially common outside of abortion discussions.
I think this article would benefit from standardizing on the middle one, as it is the system most closely related to biology. What do you think? WhatamIdoing (talk) 05:07, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
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change woman to person and use more genderless language to be more accurate to the reality that it is not only people who identify as women who experience pregnancies (trans men, transmasculine people, intersex people with uteruses, nonbinary and genderqueer people with uteruses, ect.) Coochied (talk) 03:01, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
- Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the
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template. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 13:31, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
Added about Trimester origin
I saw the page didn’t mention the actual source of trimesters and I added the sentence in. Thoughts?Manabimasu (talk) 17:57, 3 May 2022 (UTC)
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