The Senate hearing this week should have been about science and the safety of abortion drugs, but it quickly exposed something darker: the surrender of basic biological facts to fashionable ideology. When Senator Josh Hawley calmly asked a board-certified OB/GYN a simple, yes-or-no question—can men get pregnant?—the witness refused to answer directly, hiding behind talk of “identities” and political gamesmanship. That evasion was not a mere conversational tic; it was a symptom of a larger collapse in professional courage and honesty.
Hawley’s line of questioning was straightforward and appropriate for a hearing focused on maternal health and drug safety. Yet instead of answering on the record, the doctor repeatedly labeled the question a “political tool,” which only proved the point: when truth challenges an activist narrative, too many experts choose spin over science. Americans deserve to hear clear medical facts in official proceedings, not evasions designed to protect an ideological line.
Make no mistake, this is about more than semantics. Pregnant people exist in our medical records as biological women carrying children, and pretending otherwise endangers patients and distorts public policy. Hospitals, legal protections, and targeted health resources hinge on accurate definitions; to blur those lines is to put women’s health and privacy at risk. Conservatives understand that recognizing biological reality is not cruelty, it is commonsense public policy.
What we saw on that committee stage is the result of institutional capture, where medical authorities and advocacy groups prioritize cultural signaling over patient welfare. When professional credibility is traded for woke credibility, trust in medicine erodes and every citizen loses. It’s time to call out the intellectual cowardice that lets ideology masquerade as compassion while leaving women vulnerable.
This hearing also underscores why vigilance over abortion pill safety matters. Americans want their public-health debates to be grounded in data and transparent testimony, not muddled by political theater. If the scientific community is going to insist on being the arbiter of policy, then it must answer simple biological questions plainly and accept scrutiny without retreating into evasive jargon.
Senator Hawley did what senators are supposed to do: press witnesses to be honest and accountable before the American people. That candor—rare as it is these days—reminds hardworking Americans that someone is still willing to defend truth in the public square. Conservatives should applaud those who stand firm for facts and continue to demand that our institutions do the same.
Patriotic citizens must not let our culture be reshaped by those who refuse to call a woman a woman. We owe it to mothers, daughters, and all future Americans to defend common sense, biological reality, and the rule of law. If our experts won’t answer simple questions on the record, then voters should reward leaders who will.
