Posted on 01/14/2026 7:18:42 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO): "Can men get pregnant?" Dr. Nisha Verma: "I'm not really sure what the goal of the question is." Hawley: "The goal is just to establish a biological reality. You said just a moment ago that science and evidence should control, not politics. So, let's test that. Can men get pregnant?" Dr. Verma: "I take care of people with many identities...I'm also someone here to represent the complex experiences of my patients. I don't think polarized language or questions serve that goal..." Hawley: "It is not polarizing to say that there is a scientific difference between men and women...It is not polarizing to say that women are a biological reality and should be treated and protected as such."
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HAWLEY: "Science and evidence should control, not politics. So, can men get pregnant? You're a doctor."
DR. VERMA: "I completely agree science and evidence should guide medicine, I also think..."
HAWLEY: "Do science and evidence tell us that men can get pregnant? Biological men, can they get pregnant?"
DR. VERMA: "I also think yes/no questions like this are a political tool..."
HAWLEY: "No, yes/no questions are about the truth, Doctor. Let's not make a mockery of this proceeding. This is about science and evidence, and I'm asking you. You know, the United States Supreme Court just heard arguments yesterday at great length on this question. This is not a hypothetical question, this is not theoretical, it affects real people in their real lives. And you're here as an expert called by the other side as an expert, and you've been telling us that you follow... right, you're a doctor, and you follow the science and the evidence. So I just want to know, based on the science, can men get pregnant? That's a yes/no question. It really is, I think."
DR. VERMA: "I think you're trying to reduce the complexity of..."
HAWLEY: "I'm not, I'm trying to get... it's not complex. I'm trying to get to an answer and I'm trying to test, frankly, your veracity as a medical professional and as a scientist. Can men get pregnant?"
DR. VERMA: "I think you're also conflating male and female..."
Josh Hawley: "This is extraordinary. No, I am not conflating male and female. They're two different things. There's biological men and there's biological women. And I want to know, can men get pregnant?"
DR. VERMA: "What you are talking about is biological... biological males..."
HAWLEY: "You're not going to answer my question, it sounds like. This isn't hard, Doctor. Can men get pregnant? Yes or no?"
DR. VERMA: "Again, I would be more than happy to have a conversation with you that is not coming from a place of trying to be polarized and push me..."
HAWLEY: "I'm not trying to be polarizing, I'm trying to ask... I think it is extraordinary that we are here in a hearing about science and about women. And for the record, it's women who get pregnant, not men."
Source: C-SPAN/X
Bkmk
She is a coward. Afraid of rejection by her left wing hoi polloi. It sickens me to see people who obviously know better kowtow to the nonsensical leftist narrative.
It is amazing to me that “Life of Brian” was released in 1979, and they satirized that so hilariously and effectively 47 years ago.
My gosh. It is so weird. And...here we are today!
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