Dr. Bhavik Kumar made the remarks during a hearing on the Democrat-controlled Committee that was intended to push the narrative that restricting abortion access can harm women.
In response to a question from Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Kumar, medical director for primary and trans care at Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast claimed, “Men can have pregnancies, especially trans men.”
“Somebody with a uterus may have the capability of becoming pregnant, whether they’re a woman or a man,” Kumar claimed. “That doesn’t make a difference.”
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I'm gonna say it...
Men cannot get pregnant.
Does anyone disagree? If you agree, just await responses as I am.
I'd make the distinction between biological sex and social gender. It seems obvious to me that both aren't the same. We have certain ideas in mind when we think "man" or "woman", and only some have to do with their biological sex. Others are values and expectations of our society, the roles the sexes play in our world outlook.
For example, it isn't a result of a woman's biological sex when people claim that woman should stay at home and raise kids, rather than earning money. Or not to have sex before marriage. Or even that women are naturally less intelligent than men. And so on. All these ideas are social "gender" rather than biological sex.
Now there are people who suffer a lot, because they simply cannot feel happy when everybody treats them according to their ideas of gender roles. They usually don't chose that freely, it's just how they are. Many even try to battle this discomfort and go through lenths to overcome the alienation with their gender, yet fail.
Is that an illness? Guess that depends on how you define illness, but at any rate, there does not exist a "cure". The only thing that can be done to make these people feel better, is to allow them to change their social gender (of course, their biological sex cannot be changed). What's the big deal about that?
Most of these people suffer a lot, so I'd say being nice to them and not constantly pointing them to their unchangeable biological sex, is just a matter of not being a dick. So yeah, there are biological female people with male social gender who can give birth to children. Big deal.
I really doubt that calling for more education on this subject and reducing hate (too many people just love to ostracize or even physically assualt people who stray from the norm) is a threat for anybody who feels pretty happy with his or her body. If you don't want to change your gender, fine, just don't do it. Nobody is forcing you to do that.
And in the meantime, just try not to be a dick.
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