In a win for women and biological reality, the federal government has agreed to replace a government health form that calls mothers “birthing parents” after new mum and Giggle social media app founder Sall Grover decried the language as “exclusionary, alienating and derogatory” towards women.

The New Zealand Parliament has unanimously passed a bill that will give mothers and their partners three days of bereavement leave following a miscarriage or stillbirth.