Law professor Khiara Bridges on Sen. Josh Hawley's questions about pregnancy: 'I want to recognize that your line of questioning is transphobic.” - NBCOUT
During a Senate hearing on Tuesday about the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to reverse Roe v. 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.
She continued, “And it opens up trans people to violence,” but then Hawley cut her off and the two began a tense exchange. Bridges continued, “Because denying that trans people exist and pretending not to know that they exist is dangerous.” "It’s characteristic of politicians across the country who will cling to archaic ideas about womanhood and gender while endorsing policies which are devastating to women and transgender people themselves," she said.debate over inclusive language in the abortion rights movement
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