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href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/heatwave\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">heatwave<\/a> when the moment occured.<\/p>\n<p>Initially quoting the phrasing used in the research, Croxall said: ‘Malcolm Mistry, who was involved in the research, said the aged, pregnant people… women… and those with pre-existing <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/health-news\/\">health<\/a> conditions need to take precautions.’ <\/p>\n<p>‘I have a new favourite BBC presenter,’ <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/harry-potter\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">Harry Potter<\/a> author J.K Rowling, who has faced backlash for her views on the transgender community and trans-inclusive langage, posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>Rowling has previously taken issue with phrases such as<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1269382518362509313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1269382518362509313%7Ctwgr%5Ebf0187e78681fef95d549c7ce1043e04117da908%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Ffeature%2Fnbc-out%2Fj-k-rowling-accused-transphobia-after-mocking-people-who-menstruate-n1227071\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1269382518362509313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1269382518362509313%7Ctwgr%5Ebf0187e78681fef95d549c7ce1043e04117da908%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Ffeature%2Fnbc-out%2Fj-k-rowling-accused-transphobia-after-mocking-people-who-menstruate-n1227071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> ‘people who mensturate’.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MartineBBC\/status\/1936535645134135531\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MartineBBC\/status\/1936535645134135531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one commenter on X<\/a> said they ‘hope you don\u2019t get hauled before the BBC News beak,’ the Celebrity mastermind winner said she was ‘braced’.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/techteamhost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SEI_256433485-44e4.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23478917\" alt=\"A still of Martin Croxall during a BBC news report\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The moment happened during a BBC news report (Picture: BBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The national broadcaster currently has no specific policy of saying pregnant people.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Croxall notably returned to the BBC after taking legal action <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/05\/26\/bbc-news-presenter-makes-triumphant-return-taken-off-air-20913652\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/05\/26\/bbc-news-presenter-makes-triumphant-return-taken-off-air-20913652\/\">against the broadcaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She claimed that she was one of a group of BBC employees kept off-air during a rebrand and returned to her place behind the newsdesk after an employment tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>The use of gender-neutral language within maternity care has been a topic of fierce debate in recent years. In 2021 a Brighton hospital faced backlash for rolling out <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2021\/02\/10\/brighton-midwives-told-to-say-chestfeeding-to-be-more-inclusive-14055419\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2021\/02\/10\/brighton-midwives-told-to-say-chestfeeding-to-be-more-inclusive-14055419\/\">a ‘gender-includive language policy<\/a>’.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere a maternity bill in the UK changed the word<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2021\/03\/24\/birthing-language-that-only-mentions-mothers-excludes-trans-people-14286855\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2021\/03\/24\/birthing-language-that-only-mentions-mothers-excludes-trans-people-14286855\/\"> ‘person’ to ‘mothers and ‘expecting mothers’ <\/a>after complaints.<\/p>\n<p>The trans rights movement has faced intense scrutiny with figures like Rowling stoking debate such as her support of the superme court ruling <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/16\/judges-to-rule-on-whether-legal-definition-of-a-woman-includes-trans-women-22916440\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/16\/judges-to-rule-on-whether-legal-definition-of-a-woman-includes-trans-women-22916440\/\">around the definition of a woman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/techteamhost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1188066551-e8a5.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23454518\" alt=\"JK Rowling close up in a suit\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Rowling offered her support to Croxall on social media (Picture: Cindy Ord\/WireImage,)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sir Stephen Fry, who has previously defended the writer, <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/06\/19\/sir-stephen-fry-turns-jk-rowling-claims-radicalised-23453261\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/06\/19\/sir-stephen-fry-turns-jk-rowling-claims-radicalised-23453261\/\">appeared to change his stance<\/a> in recent comments saying she has been ‘radicalised’.<\/p>\n<p>‘She has been radicalised, I fear, and it may be she has been radicalised by TERFs, but also by the vitriol that is thrown at her.<\/p>\n<p>‘It is unhelpful and only hardens her and will only continue to harden her, I am afraid.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He added that she is a \u2018lost cause for us\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I am not saying that she should not be called out when she says things that are really cruel, wrong and mocking,’ he said at a live event.<\/p>\n<p><em>Metro has reached out to BBC for comment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us 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