#EDUUKEdinburghNapierUniversity #IdentityLGBTQIATransContext #NewspaperUKBrdshtTheTelegraphEwanSomerville "Midwifery students are being taught how to help men give birth in a textbook that experts have warned is rife with anatomical fiction.
Edinburgh Napier University told training midwives that they may be caring for a 'birthing person' who has male genitalia and a prostate gland, in a bid to support transgender people.
A module guide on how to provide safe care in childbirth told students: 'It is important to note that while most times the birthing person will have female genitalia, you may be caring for a pregnant or birthing person who is transitioning from male to female and may still have external male genitalia" (28 April 2022).