A Democratic witness at a congressional hearing on abortion pills drew scrutiny from Republican senators on Wednesday for refusing to answer if men could get pregnant.
Dr. Nisha Verma, an OB-GYN and representative for Physicians for Reproductive Health, got tripped up by the question when asked by multiple GOP members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee if biological males can get pregnant.
Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) first asked, “Can men get pregnant?” Verma obfuscated, saying instead that she treats “people with many identities.”
After Verma did not directly answer Moody, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) then repeatedly questioned her as to whether biological males can get pregnant.
Verma again did not directly respond, saying that Hawley’s line of questioning was “polarizing.”
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“It is not polarizing to say that women are a biological reality and should be treated and protected as such; that is not polarizing. That is truth,” said Hawley.
Hawley said that it “is deeply corrosive to science, to public trust and yes, to constitutional protections for women as women” not to acknowledge that only biological females can get pregnant.