Overview
- During a Senate HELP Committee session on abortion pills, Democratic-called witness Dr. Nisha Verma declined to give a yes-or-no answer to whether men can get pregnant.
- Verma, an OB-GYN with Physicians for Reproductive Health, said she treats patients with different identities and questioned the purpose of the query.
- Sen. Ashley Moody posed the initial question, followed by Sen. Josh Hawley, who pressed for a biological answer and asserted that only females can become pregnant.
- Hawley cast the exchange as consequential for science, public trust, and constitutional protections, referencing recent Supreme Court arguments on sex definitions.
- C-SPAN posted video of the exchange, conservative outlets highlighted the criticism, and no policy changes or official clarifications were reported.