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A Department of State spokesman is defending a recent internal cable that urged staffers to avoid using gendered language like “brave men and women,” calling the memo “standard government practice” simply meant to “encourage people to just to be respectful.”
It instructed State Department employees to use “gender-neutral language whenever possible.” Instead of using terms like “manpower,” “you guys,” “ladies and gentlemen,” or even “mother/father,” “son/daughter,” or “husband/wife,” it is better to say “labor force,” “everyone,” “you all,” and “parent,” “child,” or “partner,” according to the cable.

“In 2023, the global and domestic sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice community released the 2023 Blueprint for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Policy Agenda. The 2023 Blueprint Policy Agenda builds on the 2019 Blueprint Policy Agenda and all of the work that the Biden-Harris administration has done to advance sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice (SRHRJ) domestically and around the globe,” Planned Parenthood wrote.

“It lays out critical actions that the administration can take now, heading into 2024, to further protect and advance people’s access to health care and health equity,” they added.