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Multiple prominent media figures took the side of Berkeley law professor Khiara Bridges, who accused Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) of being “transphobic” because he does not believe that men can get pregnant in a viral clip on Tuesday.
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the impact of overturning Roe v. Wade, Bridges repeatedly used the torturous phrase “people with a capacity for pregnancy” as a gender-neutral substitute for “women.” When Hawley called her out on it, highlighting the absurdity of erasing the word “women” from a discussion on abortion rights, Bridges told him that his “line of questioning is transphobic.”
Bridges said Hawley was “denying that trans people exist” and opening them up to violence because he would not recognize “that men can get pregnant.”
Some supposedly objective media outlets revealed which side they took in their coverage of the back-and-forth.
The Washington Post said Hawley “refused to acknowledge that some transgender men can get pregnant,” which is inaccurate. Hawley never said that “transgender men” can’t get pregnant — his position is that “transgender men” are women, because women are the only people who can get pregnant.
https://twitter.com/BrentScher/status/1547036911289655296
Most mainstream news headlines reported that Hawley was “called” or “accused” of asking “transphobic” questions, framing the story more neutrally. But a CNN video used the headline, “Hawley called out for ‘transphobic’ questions,” which adopted the left’s view of the exchange.
The U. K. Independent had more direct bias, writing that Bidges “rebuked” Hawley for his “transphobic” questions.
“In a series of extraordinary testimony to a Senate committee on the future of abortion in the US after the dissolve of Roe v Wade, an abortion rights advocate and law professor issued a sharp rebuke to Republican Senator Josh Hawley, who appeared to dismiss that transgender people could become pregnant,” the Independent reported.
Meanwhile, progressive media declared unambiguous victory for Bridges over Hawley, who they insisted “got owned.”
Salon and HuffPo each ran headlines that insisted the Missouri Republican was “schooled.” Jezebel published a video titled, “Berkeley Law Professor Eviscerates Sen. Josh Hawley at Post-Roe Hearing.” Heartland Signal said Hawley was “put in place” by Bridges.
Vox wrote that Hawley used “transphobic rhetoric to rile up the GOP’s base” and sided with Bridges’ contested claim that Hawley’s language equates to violence…. (Read more)
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