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WOW! Congress asks if men can have babies, top medical school leaders can’t give a straight answer

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BS BREIF:

  • Rep. Mary Miller repeatedly asked whether a non-biological woman has ever had a baby, and neither medical school leader gave a direct yes-or-no answer.
  • A UCSF leader acknowledged that the school’s curriculum encourages terms like “pregnant people” rather than simply “pregnant women,” sparking a heated exchange.
  • Miller blasted the responses afterward, saying medical schools have become so consumed by ideology that they are “losing sight of reality” and warning that institutions abandoning scientific truth should risk losing accreditation.

Congress asks a biology question. America’s elite medical schools struggle to answer it.

A House hearing intended to examine the impact of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs on medical education turned into a national spectacle Tuesday when leaders from two of California’s most prestigious medical schools appeared unable—or unwilling—to provide straightforward answers to questions many Americans would consider basic biology.

During the House Education and Workforce Committee hearing titled “Training Activists, Not Physicians: The Impact of DEI on Medical Schools,” Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois pressed University of California San Francisco Chancellor Dr. Sam Hawgood and UCLA School of Medicine Dean Dr. Steve Dubinett over curriculum materials dealing with gender identity, pregnancy and biological sex.

The most memorable exchange came when Miller questioned Hawgood about UCSF guidance that reportedly encourages instructors to use the term “pregnant people” rather than “pregnant women.”

“Who are pregnant people compared to pregnant women? Just curious,” Miller asked.

Hawgood defended the terminology as part of preparing students to treat a diverse patient population. He added that the “vast majority of pregnancies are in women” and said he had “absolutely no problem with the term pregnant women.”

Miller then cut directly to the issue driving much of the national debate. “Has a non-biological woman ever had a baby?”

Hawgood replied that a “transgender person can.”

“That’s not a biological woman. Has a non-biological woman ever had a baby?” Miller fired back.

As Hawgood attempted to elaborate, Miller interrupted with a response that quickly spread across social media. “It’s ridiculous.”

Turning to UCLA, Miller cited course materials and guidance for obstetrics and gynecology students that allegedly caution against assuming gender identity and include language referring to individuals who have a uterus but may not identify as women. “What does that even mean?” Miller asked.

Dubinett said he was unfamiliar with the specific document and would need to review it in context. Miller followed up with an even simpler question. “Can someone have a uterus but not be a woman?”

Rather than answer yes or no, Dubinett said UCLA treats transgender patients in compliance with state and federal law and affirmed that the school teaches biology. When Miller repeated the question, time expired before a direct answer was given.

DEI initiatives and gender ideology are crowding out scientific rigor and common-sense medical training. Democrats largely dismissed the hearing as politically motivated and defended efforts to ensure future physicians are equipped to treat diverse patient populations.

Earlier this month, accrediting bodies overseeing American medical schools formally removed several DEI-related requirements from accreditation standards following mounting political and legal pressure. Critics of DEI programs argue the changes will allow schools to focus more heavily on science, patient care and merit-based training.

Following the hearing, Miller issued a blistering statement. “It shouldn’t take a medical degree to answer a basic biology question,” she said. “This hearing exposed that our medical schools have become consumed by political ideology that they’re losing sight of reality. Patients just want doctors grounded in common sense. Medical schools that abandon scientific truth should lose their accreditation.”

My take …

Folks, there was a time when getting into medical school meant you were among the smartest people in the room.

Now apparently it means you need a legal team, a DEI consultant, three diversity officers and a flow chart before you can answer whether women have babies.

Congresswoman Mary Miller wasn’t asking these deans to explain quantum mechanics. She wasn’t asking them to solve cold fusion. She asked a question that every grandmother in America, every construction worker, every Little League coach and every kid who ever sat through a seventh-grade biology class could answer before the question mark hit the floor.

And yet the answer never came.

Why?

Because the problem isn’t confusion. The problem is fear.

These institutions have spent years building entire bureaucracies around ideological language games. Once you start replacing simple truths with approved terminology, eventually you arrive at a point where saying something obvious becomes professionally dangerous.

The most revealing moment wasn’t what they said. It was what they wouldn’t say.

Americans want doctors who can identify diseases, read scans, save lives and practice medicine. They don’t want activists in white coats performing verbal gymnastics to avoid offending the latest campus ideology.

When a medical school dean can’t give a straight answer to a straight question, maybe the patient isn’t the one who needs treatment.

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