Talk:Pregnant patients' rights in the United States

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[edit] Use of the term "partner"

"Partner" is more appropriate than "husband or boyfriend". First, neither of the sources cited mentions specific relationships. The Encyclopedia of Women's Health reads "partner and/or friends", and the HealthSpan article reads "someone she cares for, and to whom she looks for emotional comfort and encouragement." Second, while it's clear from the context that "partner" here means someone with whom the woman has a close relationship (not just a "business partner"), there are other possibilities besides husband or boyfriend. She might have a female life partner, for instance. --Ginkgo100^talk 21:40, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Partner is an overused term. If we want to encompass the possibility that a girlfriend is involved, fine. But Wikipedia is not a forum for political correctness. Namescases 00:48, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

It's not political correctness, it's style. Your version, "husband or boyfriend, wife or girlfriend, friends, or family members," is long and unnecessarily clunky. I still don't think "partner" is a bad choice, but perhaps a compromise is in order, and we can use wording like that in the HealthSpan article. How about, "people she cares for and to whom she looks for emotional support"? --Ginkgo100^talk 01:04, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Ok. --Namescases 21:56, 27 August 2007 (UTC)