The professor from the University of California's Berkeley School of Law accused the senator of putting the safety of members of the trans community at risk with his questions.
Bridges was asked to clarify her initial statement on pregnant women.
People with a capacity for pregnancies have been referred to you. Would that be a man?
Bridges was invited to the hearing to defend access to abortion care. Manycis women don't have the capacity to have a baby. There are trans men who are capable of carrying a baby.
A study used data from the Guttmacher Institute's Abortion Provider Census to show that 500 people obtained abortions in the year.
Hawley asked if the core of the right was about what.
Bridges said he wanted to recognize that the line of questioning was transphobic and could lead to violence.
The law professor, who focuses on the intersection of race, class and reproductive rights, said that the debate about abortion rights for all groups is not exclusive.
Both Bridges and Hawley didn't respond to questions from Yahoo News.
In the past year, more than 50% of trans and non-binary youth in the U.S. seriously considered suicide.
As the exchange between Bridges and Hawley draws attention, reproductive rights advocates have overwhelmingly sided with Bridges.
The Supreme Court's stripping away constitutional protection for reproductive and bodily autonomy was the real issue that Sen. Hawley tried to distract the public from.
Professor Bridges pointed out that the Republican talking points designed to scapegoat and stigmatize trans people imposed real harms on a community that already faces high rates of discrimination.
Republican-led states have pushed forward a record number of anti-trans bills while several statewide Republican candidates have leaned into anti-trans ads
Conservative groups, like the American Principles Project, have pushed GOP legislators to draw a line on issues like female sports.
Defending women's sports is fast becoming a litmus test for Republicans and voters will be paying attention to where their representatives stand.
The rise of the evangelical voting bloc is believed to be the main factor behind Republican support for anti-trans legislation.
"They have an interest in keeping the base riled up about one thing or another, and when one issue fades, as with same-sex relationships and same-sex marriage, they have to find something else." It is nearly frantic.
Others have doubled down on this claim.
According to Julie Allen, trans children are being used by Republicans as pawns.
She wrote that transphobia is not an ideology and that it is being used by politicians to frighten their right-wing base.
The first openly trans member of the Kansas Legislature told USA Today that there are Republicans who don't accept that there are people like them.
Byers said that they want to push people back into the closet.
According to a PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll in April, 2 out of 3 Americans don't like the idea of limiting the rights of trans people.
The purpose of Tuesday's Senate hearing was to discuss differing perspectives on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Wade.
Professor Bridges needs to lift the visibility of the experience of trans men and people with pregnancies. In a welcoming and nondiscriminatory environment, trans and non-binary individuals should have access to reproductive health care.
She said that Professor Bridges wouldn't give in to Sen. Hawley's attempt to create a "gotcha" moment. She educated the public about the issue of trans people. I would like to be in her class.
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