18776 (2025). Benjamin Doyle to the Associate Minister of Health

Written Question

Published date: 05 May 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	18776 (2025)
Question asked:	16 Apr 2025
Member asking:	Benjamin Doyle
Portfolio:	Associate Minister of Health
Minister replying:	Hon Casey Costello
Answer received:	29 Apr 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_18776_2025
Document guid:	ed71f082-41e2-4bc5-aa53-7b46b1765975

18776 (2025). Benjamin Doyle to the Associate Minister of Health: Has the Minister received any advice about the impact of her directive that Te Whatu Ora Health NZ say “women” instead of “pregnant people” in its communications to her office, specifically the impact to people who can become pregnant that the term "women" does not cover such as teenage girls, trans and non-binary men?

Hon Casey Costello: No.