Overview
- Dr. Sam Hawgood testified at a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing on July 14 that “a transgender person can” be pregnant while also saying the vast majority of pregnancies are in women and that he has no problem using the term “pregnant women.”
- Lawmakers pressed UCSF over a classroom guide that recommends gender‑inclusive terms such as “pregnant people,” making language use a central issue in the session that questioned DEI influence in curricula.
- Hawgood confirmed UCSF cares for transgender patients and denied the institution performs gender‑affirming surgeries on children while acknowledging the use of puberty blockers and hormones in some pediatric cases.
- Medical and public‑health sources note that transgender men can become pregnant if they retain a uterus and ovaries and are ovulating, and past documented cases and Planned Parenthood guidance were cited in coverage.
- The hearing clip went viral and drew sharply divided media reaction, increasing congressional scrutiny of medical schools and raising the prospect of more oversight without any immediate institutional sanctions reported.