Meaningful Ways to Be a Gender Inclusive Birth Care Provider

This article outlines the four tenants of medical ethics–non-malfeasance, beneficence, justice, and autonomy–and what it might look like to practice them as a birth care provider working with non-binary, trans, and queer families. It also outlines ways that birth care providers can make their practices more gender inclusive.

“When the question, ‘Why should professionals make it a point to be inclusive of enby, trans, and queer families besides just basic respect?’ comes up, I am struck by this answer: Because medical ethics says providers should be inclusive.”

Note: While the article mentions that it offers five ways to be a gender inclusive birth care provider, it actually offers eight ways but is numbered incorrectly.