Bill eliminating ‘woke words’ introduced in West Virginia House

CHARLESTON, W.Va (WDTV/Gray News) - A bill that aims to eliminate “woke words and agendas from state government documents, websites, literature, and in person” has been introduced into the West Virginia House of Delegates Monday morning.

House Bill 2406, which is sponsored by 11 delegates, would restrict “exclusionary, sexist language” in state government business, effective immediately.

The bill states that the following “exclusionary and sexist terms shall be replaced with accurate female-affirming alternatives”:

• Rather than ‘pregnant people’ or ‘pregnant person,’ use ‘pregnant women’ or ‘pregnant mom.’
• Rather than ‘chestfeeding,’ use ‘breastfeeding.’
• Rather than ‘body fed’ or ‘person fed,’ use ‘breast fed.’
• Rather than ‘human milk,’ use ‘breast milk.’
• Rather than ‘birthing person,’ use ‘birth mom.’
• Rather than ‘laboring person,’ use ‘birth mom.’
• Rather than ‘menstruating person’ or menstruating people,' use ‘woman’ or ‘women.’
• Rather than ‘birth-giver,’ use ‘woman.’
• Rather than ‘womxn’ or ‘womyn,’ use ‘woman.’

You can read the full text of the bill here.

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