Planned Parenthood doctor tells committee
that ‘men can have pregnancies, especially
trans men’
Posted By: Ribicon, 9/30/2022 9:33:32 AM
A House committee hearing on abortion restrictions took an unexpected turn Thursday when a Democratic witness who works for Planned Parenthood testified that men can become pregnant. Dr. Bhavik Kumar, medical director for primary and trans care at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, replied in the affirmative after being asked by Rep. Andrew Clyde, Georgia Republican, if men could become pregnant. “So men can have pregnancies, especially trans men,” Dr. Kumar told the House Oversight and Reform Committee. The doctor did not elaborate on which cisgender men could become pregnant or how. Mr. Clyde sought clarification, asking, “So are you saying that a biological female who identifies as a man
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Sen. Rick Scott on Trump attack against
McConnell’s wife: ‘It’s never, ever
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A picture posted by the Carter Center showed Carter smiling and observing the parade from a wheelchair.
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