The US Allocated $35,000 to Study "LGBT People Who Give Birth"
The US National Institutes of Health allocated $35,000 to study the mental health of LGBT people during pregnancy and childbirth.
The US National Institutes of Health have allocated $35,000 to study the mental health of "birthing people from sexual and gender minorities," reports The College Fix.
The project by University of Maryland doctoral student Ponda Ezra focuses on examining how social support and medical care affect the mental health of lesbians, gender-nonconforming individuals, and other members of the LGBT community during pregnancy and after childbirth.
According to institute data, the study began in February 2026 and will continue for at least until 2029. The project description states that the needs of sexual and gender minorities differ from those of "heterosexual cisgender women," and therefore the authors intend to develop specific medical support measures.
The funding was criticized by the Independent Women's Forum. The organization's senior legal counsel Beth Parlato stated that public funds should not be used to introduce gender ideology into scientific research, and that pregnancy is a biological characteristic of women.
According to Parlato, replacing the term "women" with the phrase "birthing people" conflates biological sex with sexual orientation and gender identity. She warned that excluding sex from research on pregnancy and childbirth could hinder the study of specific women's health issues.
The Union of Orthodox Journalists previously reported that a Greek hierarch criticized new school textbooks containing LGBT propaganda.
