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Berkeley Law professor Khiara M. Bridges called out Josh Hawley's line of questioning as “transphobic” during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on ...

Those things are not mutually exclusive, Senator Hawley.” When Hawley continued to push back, Bridges said, “I want to recognize that your line of questioning is transphobic, and it opens up trans people to violence by not recognizing them.” Bridges explained to Hawley that, by asserting that only women can get pregnant, he was denying the existence of trans people. “Many women — cis women — have the capacity for pregnancy. Many cis women do not have the capacity for pregnancy,” she explained.

Hawley invoked transphobia during an abortion rights hearing in an apparent attempt to rile up the GOP base.

A 2021 UCLA report also found that trans people, particularly Black and brown trans people, were significantly more likely to be victims of violent crime than cis people. Bridges’s concerns reflect the fact that lawmakers’ political attacks on trans people — including denying their existence, and using legislation to limit their freedom of movement, access to activities, and availability of health care — have coincided with an increase in physical violence. “I want to recognize that your line of questioning is transphobic, and it opens up trans people to violence,” said Bridges, who went on to cite studies about the high attempted suicide rate among trans people. “Many cis women have the capacity for pregnancy, many cis women do not have the capacity for pregnancy,” Bridges explained. “Would that be women?” Hawley asked. Bridges explained that she was using this term to be inclusive of different groups who would be affected by these laws.

When Hawley said he believed men can't get pregnant, the law professor responded, “So you're denying that trans people exist.”

“We’re here because the Supreme Court has corrected a wrong that has impacted millions of lives,” Ranking Member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Tuesday. Hawley and Bridges’ exchange reflects a broader debate that’s been playing out—including among those who support abortion rights—over whether to refer to abortion as impacting “women” or “people” as the issue dominates the national conversation. Wade also impacts trans men and non-binary Americans who can get pregnant, and that there are women who do not have the capacity for pregnancy. Wade, after the GOP senator criticized her for referring to “people” that can become pregnant as being affected by abortion rather than women.

Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican, said Democrats "have lost their minds" after a tense exchange between him and a pro-abortion law professor went ...

"Where they’re told that they are opening up people to violence by questioning?" Bridges responded that people can "recognize this impacts women while also recognizing that it impacts other groups." "I’m denying trans people exist by asking you if you’re talking about women having pregnancies?" "Or are they also treated like this?" Wade and sent the subject of abortion back to be decided at the state level. "The Democrats have become such extremists.

Senator Josh Hawley thought he had a gotcha question for Berkeley law professor Khiara Bridges, but he ended up getting got, as her rhetorical savvy left ...

“And that leads to violence?” Hawley asks, grasping, and now himself flustered. “Many cis women have the capacity for pregnancy, many cis women do not have the capacity for pregnancy,” she responds. Are students allowed to question you or are they also treated like this?” “There are also trans men who are capable of pregnancy as well as non-binary people who are capable of pregnancy.” “So we can’t talk about it?” You’ve referred to ‘people with a capacity for pregnancy.’ Would that be women?”

Berkeley professor Khiara Bridges says Missouri senator's line of questioning 'opens trans people up to violence'

Bridges said: “I want to note that one out of five transgender persons have attempted suicide. Many cis women do not have the capacity for pregnancy. Bridges replied: “Many women, cis women, have the capacity for pregnancy.

During a Senate hearing focussing on abortion policy on Tuesday, an argument erupted between Bridges and Hawley when he questioned a phrase the professor used.

"You're saying that I'm opening up people to violence by asking whether or not women are the folks who can have pregnancies?" "Many women, cis women have the capacity for pregnancy," Bridges replied. "Many cis women do not have the capacity for pregnancy. false." "You used a phrase several times—I want to make sure I understand what you mean by it," Hawley said to Bridges during the hearing. "Those things are not mutually exclusive, Senator Hawley."

In a heated Senate hearing exchange, Sen. Josh Hawley told an expert he doesn't believe that "men can get pregnant," as he was called transphobic.

– "Then you are denying that trans people exist," she said. – "Are you?" – "We have a good time in my class,” Bridges shot back. “You’re saying that I’m going to get people to violence by asking whether or not women are the folks who can have pregnancy." “It opens up trans people to violence by not recognizing them." Bridges then responded by noting to Hawley: "Many women, cis women, have the capacity for pregnancy.

Sen. Josh Hawley clashed with law professor Khiara Bridges over a series of questions about who can be pregnant.

The study said this “could reflect formidable barriers to facility-based abortion care as well as a strong desire for privacy and autonomy in the abortion process,” and that efforts are needed to connect trans people “with information on safe and effective methods of self-managed abortion and to dismantle barriers to clinical abortion care… “And that leads to violence?” Hawley responded. A 2019 study of trans, nonbinary and gender-diverse people found that 36% of respondents considered trying to end a pregnancy on their own, without clinical supervision. The heated exchange between Bridges and Hawley captures a larger debate over inclusive language in the abortion rights movement. To which Bridges responded, “Then you’re denying that trans people exist. Wade, the landmark case that provided a constitutional right to abortion, Sen. Josh Hawley clashed with law professor Khiara Bridges over a series of questions about who can be pregnant.