'We can recognize that this impacts women while also recognizing it impacts other groups—those things are not mutually exclusive, Sen. Hawley,' said a law professor testifying to a Senate committee.
"We can recognize that this impacts women while also recognizing it impacts other groups—those things are not mutually exclusive, Sen. Hawley," said a law professor testifying to a Senate committee.University of California, Berkeley law professor Khiara Bridges reprimanded far-right Sen. Josh Hawley during a congressional hearing on Tuesday, accusing the Missouri Republican of asking transphobic questions.
"Many cis women have the capacity for pregnancy. Many cis women do not have the capacity for pregnancy," Bridges responded."There are also trans men who are capable of pregnancy as well as nonbinary people who are capable of pregnancy." Bridges said,"We can recognize that this impacts women while also recognizing that it impacts other groups—those things are not mutually exclusive, Sen. Hawley."
After an incredulous Hawley asked,"Are you saying that I'm opening up people to violence by asking whether or not women can have pregnancies?" Bridges informed the right-wing lawmaker of the disproportionate rate at which trans people have attempted suicide. One recent study
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