By GB News (World News) | Created at 2025-03-18 14:16:03 | Updated at 2025-03-20 19:36:26
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A set of hospitals have sparked controversy by asking parents to identify the sexual orientation and gender identity of their newborn babies.
US-based Inspira Health's "Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questionnaire" requires new parents to categorise their infants in ways many find absurd.
The form asks parents to select whether their baby is "male, female, transgender, gender queer" or fits an "additional gender category".
Parents are also expected to describe their newborn as "lesbian or gay, straight or heterosexual, self-described, or questioning/unsure."
Parents and public figures alike have voiced their outrage at the form's existence after it was shared online
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"The entire thing lacks such common sense, and serves no purpose whatsoever," Holly Schepisi said
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But former assemblyman Herbert Conaway, now a House Representative, defended the legislation.
"The bill was modelled after an Indiana statute, and is designed to provide public health officials with the data they need," Conaway said.
He added that "no patient or parent is obligated to answer any question that makes them uncomfortable".
An Inspira Health representative defended the questionnaire, stating it is "required by New Jersey law" whilst noting parents "are permitted to decline to provide this information".
