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Bill Shorten is right about mothers

25 July 2022

7:00 AM

25 July 2022

7:00 AM

If Australian government records are to be believed, 55 men gave birth to babies in 2014-15.

Those are the official Medicare records as reported by The Australian newspaper on Thursday.

Now if that sounds strange, don’t be alarmed. The Australian’s journalist provided this helpful explanation:

‘That’s possible because not everyone’s gender identity matches the reproductive organs they were born with.

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