Overview
- Dr. Nisha Verma, an OB-GYN testifying for Democrats and affiliated with Physicians for Reproductive Health, repeatedly refused a yes-or-no answer on whether men can get pregnant.
- Sen. Ashley Moody first posed the question, and Sen. Josh Hawley later pressed Verma multiple times during the Senate HELP Committee hearing.
- Hawley asserted for the record that women get pregnant, not men, and called Verma’s refusal to state that view corrosive to science and public trust.
- Verma said she treats patients with many identities, described the yes-or-no framing as a political tool, and criticized what she called polarizing language.
- Clips of the exchange spread widely on social media, drawing sharp criticism of Verma and overshadowing the hearing’s focus on mifepristone’s safety and regulation.