"Do you think that men can get pregnant? Hawley asked Dr. Nisha Verma, an OB/GYN representing Physicians for Reproductive Health on Wednesday after the question had already been posed to her by Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL). The hearing was held by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and was titled, Protecting Women: Exposing the Dangers of Chemical Abortion Drugs, held in the Dirksen Senate Office Building."
"I do take care of patients with different identities, she said. Can men get pregnant? Hawley asked. Again, the reason I paused there is I'm not really sure what the goal of the question is, Verma said. The goal is just to establish biological reality, Hawley responded. You just said a moment ago that science and evidence should control, not politics, so let's just test that proposition."
A Senate HELP Committee hearing on chemical abortion drugs featured repeated questioning about whether men can become pregnant. Sen. Josh Hawley pressed OB/GYN Dr. Nisha Verma for a yes-or-no answer about men getting pregnant. Dr. Verma hesitated and declined to give a direct answer, citing uncertainty about the goal of the question and emphasizing care for patients with different identities. Hawley framed the question as a test of biological reality and evidence over politics. The exchange went viral on social media and drew sharp criticism from conservative commentators and activists.
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