BBC backs presenter after changing 'pregnant people' to 'women'

The BBC has backed its newsreader Martine Croxall aft imagination of her correcting her autocue and changing nan words "pregnant people" to "women".

During a unrecorded broadcast complete nan weekend, Croxall interrupted her ain condemnation and appeared to rotation her eyes aft reference retired a quote from a study that cited "pregnant people."

Croxall was quoting, an adjunct professor astatine nan London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, not nan wording of nan BBC.

UK media person reported that Croxall is not facing a backlash from her employers complete her correction.

The Times newspaper reports managers astatine nan nationalist broadcaster were "intensely relaxed" astir nan newsreader changing nan words.

Sources astatine nan BBC were speedy to constituent retired that nan BBC News style guideline did not mention nan building "pregnant women", according to reports.

Other insiders said it was highly improbable that Croxall would beryllium reprimanded complete nan matter, according to The Deadline.

In April, nan UK's Supreme Court ruled that nan ineligible meaning of a female is based connected biologic sex.

At nan clip of nan ruling, nan BBC said: "BBC News is assessing nan ruling to see immoderate updates which mightiness request to beryllium made to nan style guideline arsenic a result."

On Monday, Croxall tweeted: "A immense convey you to everyone who has chosen to travel maine coming for immoderate reason. It's been rather a ride…"