Nurses, midwives threatened with retaliation for rejecting LGBT ideology

(LIFESITE NEWS) – Updated guidance issued by the regulatory arm of nurses and midwives in the U.K. threatens disciplinary action against professionals who refuse to endorse transgenderism when interacting with gender-confused patients.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (UMC), which serves as the governing body and regulatory arm of these medical professionals in the U.K., recently issued updated guidance on practices that suggests nurses and midwives could be disciplined for rejecting gender ideology and refusing to call patients by names or pronouns that contradict their biological sex.

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In November 2023, UMC published updated guidance on “Freedom of expression and Fitness to Practice.” Some examples provided in the guidance suggest that UMC would “take action” against professionals if their exercise of personal and religious beliefs regarding gender ideology results in a so-called impairment of their “fitness to practice.”

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