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Wednesday’s Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing laid bare what conservative Americans have been warning about for years: when ideology takes priority, science and common sense get sidelined. During a session ostensibly about the safety of chemical abortion drugs, Senator Josh Hawley repeatedly pressed an obstetrician called by the other side to answer a simple, biological question. The tense exchange has now been captured in the hearing transcript and exploded across social media, exposing the absurd lengths some in the medical establishment will go to avoid admitting basic realities.
The witness, Dr. Nisha Verma, an OB-GYN and senior advisor to a reproductive health group, repeatedly sidestepped direct yes-or-no questions about whether men can get pregnant, preferring ideological caveats about identity rather than a straightforward answer. Her refusal to directly say that biological males do not become pregnant was not just evasive — it was a dereliction of the public trust owed by medical experts who testify before Congress. Americans deserve medical testimony grounded in anatomy and evidence, not word salads designed to protect a political narrative.
Senator Hawley was right to push back, insisting the hearing’s goal was to establish biological reality and to protect women’s health, not to indulge rhetorical obfuscation. He noted, plainly, that “it’s women who get pregnant, not men,” a statement rooted in biology and common sense that should not be controversial in a Senate hearing on reproductive safety. Elected officials have a duty to cut through the performative language of the identity lobby when it threatens both science and public policy.
This wasn’t a mere debating point — the context was the safety of mifepristone and other chemical abortion drugs, which Republicans and pro-life groups argue demand scrutiny after the FDA’s recent actions. Hawley raised data about adverse events and tied the broader debate about terminology to real concerns about women’s health and informed consent. If we refuse to define terms clearly, we sabotage efforts to regulate and protect vulnerable patients from harmful outcomes.
The episode has predictably gone viral, and conservatives should use this moment to press for accountability and clarity in public testimony. When experts come before Congress they should either answer straightforward questions or step down — there is no room in a hearing room for semantic gymnastics that hide underlying policy positions. Grassroots Americans who value truth and decency must demand hearings staffed by witnesses who respect biology and the law.
This confrontation also spotlights a larger cultural rot: institutions that bend language to suit ideology end up betraying the very people they claim to help. Feminist and pro-life conservatives alike should be alarmed by a medical culture that refuses to protect women under the banner of inclusivity. Defending the unique needs and protections of women is not bigotry; it is commonsense governance and a matter of fairness in law and medicine.
It’s time for Republicans and principled Americans to keep fighting for clarity, common sense, and accountability. Demand witnesses who will answer the question instead of dancing around it, and support policies that prioritize the safety and dignity of women. America’s institutions will not survive if we allow language and truth to be sacrificed on the altar of fashionable ideology.
