A Senate hearing on the ramifications of the Supreme Court ruling on abortion devolved briefly into an argument over whether men could get pregnant and featured a Democratic witness accusing Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) of transphobia.

The hearing in Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday was meant to examine the legal consequences of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal guarantee to abortion rights nationwide, but the most dramatic moment came when Republicans questioned a witness about her resistance to using the term “women” in the context of abortion.

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