Print this article The only thing worse than a presidency that runs on pandering is a presidency that doesn’t even pander consistently. Hello, President Joe Biden! The president’s 2022 fiscal year budget supplants the word “mothers” with the absurd, dehumanizing term “birthing people” in a section outlining the administration’s plans for public health funding. Comically enough, the section still uses the word “maternal,” which comes from the Latin (“mater”) for “mother.” It’s not just stupid pandering to a very specific niche of the Democratic base. It's also inconsistent . What’s even the point of using “birthing people” if you’re still going to use “maternal”?