Senator accused of being transphobe for mentioning women

Berkeley law professor, Khiara Bridges, testified at a hearing discussing the overturning of Roe versus Wade. During the speech, Bridges talked about women as “people with the capacity for pregnancy”. Missouri Senator Josh Hawley attempted to clarify that statement and asked if that meant “women”. In response, Bridges provided a transgender friendly answer. Senator Howley pondered if this was not a woman’s rights issue. Bridges responded with a standard Progressive talking point.

From the Post-Millennial:

Khiara Bridges, a Berkeley law professor and author of Critical Race Theory: A Primer, was one of five panelists to testify in a hearing about the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. In a statement addressing the court, Bridges used the phrase “people with the capacity for pregnancy” five times in a single minute.

Senator Hawley asked Bridges for clarification on her choice of words, saying, “You’ve referred to people with a capacity for pregnancy, would that be women?”

Bridges explained that besides women, transgender men and those who identify as “non-binary” are “capable of pregancy as well.” But this ignores the property that unites both transgender men and the women who call themselves non-binary– being biologically female. These language games, coupled with the practice of pretending not to understand basic principles of reproduction are becoming increasingly common among Left-wing progressives, and serves as a form of political purity test.

Hawley, pressing Bridges for more information asked, “So this isn’t really a women’s rights issue?”

“We can recognize that this impacts women while also recognizing other groups,” replied Bridges.

“All right, so your view is that the core of this right, then, is about what?” Hawley asked, referring to the long held belief that abortion, a central pillar of the Democratic party platform for decades, is a women’s rights issue.

But rather than answer the question directly, Bridges went on the offensive by deploying a common evasion tactic used by Left-wing activists, saying “I want to recognize that your line of questioning is transphobic and it opens up trans people to violence by not recognizing them.” This ploy attempts to shut down criticism by painting all those who disagree with progressive ideology surrounding “gender identity” as transphobic and hateful.

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