Hospitals in New Jersey are asking parents for their baby’s preferred pronouns and sexual orientation, the New York Post reports.

According to the outlet, parents receive a ‘Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questionnaire’ to question how their newborns ‘identify.’

From the New York Post:

Inspira Health’s “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questionnaire” requires new parents to “identify” their babies as either “Male, Female, Transgender, Gender Queer,” or “Additional gender category.”

It further asks parents to select the word that best describes their infant: “Lesbian or gay, Straight or heterosexual, Self-described, Questioning/Unsure.”

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The healthcare system — which operates four hospitals, two cancer centers, and eight health centers throughout South Jersey — created the form last year to comply with a newly-enacted Garden State law that required health care providers “to collect race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity in a culturally competent and sensitive manner.”

But many, from parents to politicians, think the newborn survey is absurd.

“That form is completely crazy, and anyone who would dictate a baby’s sexual orientation probably has an agenda,” said Sandy Anello, 34, a mom of two living in Bridgewater, NJ. “If I was told to fill this out, I’d rip it up in front of them. It feels like we’ve entered ‘The Twilight Zone.’”

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“The entire thing lacks such common sense, and serves no purpose whatsoever,” New Jersey State Sen. Holly Schepisi, a Republican, told the New York Post.

Daily Mail reports:

Schepisi posted the form to her social media and sparked disbelief amongst users who questioned its authenticity.

The lawmaker said she would introduce a bill to revise the language in the current legislation to limit the collection of information to patients 16 and older.

She said: ‘Yesterday it came to my attention that medical providers, laboratories and hospitals are being forced to provide the questionnaire below to NEWBORN patients.

‘While completely and utterly insane, these facilities are doing so to comply with another nonsensical law A-4385 passed by the democratically controlled legislature in 2022.

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‘This law mandates collection of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity data with no age threshold – hence newborn babies receiving the survey.

‘I will be sponsoring legislation immediately to rescind this absurd requirement which is a waste of medical professional’s time and resources.

‘PS – for anyone screaming “fake form” my legislative office directly confirmed it is indeed real with the health network this morning.

 

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