Sunday 27 May 2012
Deadline News: Dads written out of NHS guide – to avoid offending gay parents
Taxpayer Scotland said the NHS should be focusing on other priorities.
Campaign manager Robert Oxley said: “It’s barmy that the NHS is wasting money reprinting guides because of a single complaint. Becoming a dad isn’t synonymous with one type of couple so it seems ridiculous to worry about changing it. The NHS has bigger priorities than prescribing how to define who wants to be called dad.”
Daily Mail: NHS Removes word ‘Dad’ from pregnancy handbook in case it offends same sex couples
Robert Oxley, from the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: ‘It’s barmy that the NHS is wasting money reprinting guides because of a single complaint. Becoming a dad isn’t synonymous with one type of couple so it seems ridiculous to worry about changing it.
‘The NHS has bigger priorities than prescribing how to define who wants to be called dad.’
