Overview

• On the May 29 episode of her podcast “IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson,” Obama said that the least of what a woman’s reproductive system does is produce life to emphasize gaps in women’s health research.
• Conservative and pro-life voices, including Danielle D’Souza Gill and content creator Isabel Brown, condemned the remark as demeaning to motherhood and the miracle of childbirth.
• Obama used the discussion to criticize male lawmakers for focusing on fetal rights while neglecting broader reproductive health issues and medical study.
• The episode has drawn just over 40,000 views on YouTube in three days and ranks outside the top 100 on Apple Podcasts and Spotify’s main charts.
• The controversy has reignited debates over feminism, maternal roles and abortion rights in the United States since the overturning of Roe v. Wade.