In a post-Roe Senate hearing on Tuesday, Senator Josh Hawley was confronted regarding his beliefs towards transgender people.
Hawley questioned law professor Khiara Bridges on her use of the term "people with the capacity for pregnancy."
"Many cis women have the capacity for pregnancy, many cis women do not have the capacity for pregnancy," Bridges told Hawley. She added that there are transgender men and nonbinary individuals who don't identify as women but are still capable of getting pregnant.
Bridges told Hawley his line of questioning was transphobic, saying denial of the existence of transgender people is harmful and that the transgender community has high rates of suicide.
Hawley denied that his comments were harming the trans community. Watch the exchange here:
