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Senator Josh Hawley did what every concerned American should expect from a public servant: he demanded plainspoken truth in a Senate hearing about abortion pills instead of political dodgecraft. The exchange unfolded during a HELP Committee hearing where witnesses were called to testify about the safety and regulation of chemical abortion drugs.
The witness at the center of the controversy was Dr. Nisha Verma, a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist who appeared as a Democratic witness and is affiliated with Physicians for Reproductive Health. Verma’s credentials should have made her answers to basic biological questions unambiguous, yet she repeatedly framed the matter as one of identities rather than biology.
When Senator Hawley asked point blank, “Can men get pregnant?” Dr. Verma declined to give a yes-or-no answer, repeatedly telling senators she was unsure of the goal of the question and that yes/no questions are political tools. Hawley pressed, rightly insisting that medicine and policy must be grounded in science and biological reality, not rhetorical obfuscation. The back-and-forth went viral because it laid bare a fundamental breakdown in trust between Americans and those who claim the mantle of scientific authority.
After the hearing Hawley posted the clip on social media and a national discussion erupted about whether medical experts will still stand up for basic biological facts. The hearing — titled “Protecting Women: Exposing the Dangers of Chemical Abortion Drugs” — was supposed to focus on safety; instead it revealed how ideology has crept into what should be straightforward medical testimony.
This matters because the committee was taking testimony about chemical abortion drugs like mifepristone and whether regulatory safeguards are being honored. Republicans warned that blurring sex-based protections and medical definitions puts women at risk, and that honest science must guide policy on anything affecting maternal health and safety.
Americans of every political stripe should be alarmed when a physician invited to testify about women’s health refuses to acknowledge clear biological distinctions. This isn’t merely a political gotcha — it’s a warning sign that institutions we rely on for truth are being pushed to prioritize political narratives over objective facts, and that cannot stand if we care about protecting women, children, and medical integrity.
If we are serious about defending women’s rights and health, Congress must keep pressing for clarity and accountability from experts who testify under oath. Patriots who love truth and family must hold the line: medicine and law must recognize biological reality, protect vulnerable people, and refuse to be rewritten by fleeting ideologies.
