Missouri Senator Josh Hawley ignited a firestorm with transgender and LGBTQ activists on Capitol Hill after repeatedly pressing a medical witness with a basic biological question during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week: can men get pregnant?
When Senator Josh Hawley asked a doctor if men can get pregnant, she COULDN’T ANSWER.
— Chad Prather (@WatchChad) January 14, 2026
It’s frightening that this is where we’re at in America…pic.twitter.com/g6YCIqAOKX
The exchange unfolded as Dr. Nisha Verma, a Democratic witness and senior advisor to Physicians for Reproductive Health, testified before lawmakers in Congress on abortion access and reproductive health policy. Verma acknowledged that she regularly cares for pregnant women in her medical practice, but declined to directly state whether men are capable of becoming pregnant, choosing instead to offer carefully worded responses that avoided a clear answer.
Randy Marsh