WASHINGTON – Republicans mocked Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson last month for refusing to define the word “woman” during his Senate confirmation hearing.
But it appears that the same Republicans on the Judiciary Committee do not agree on how to define a woman, and some – or could not – give a definition when asked by the Halfpost on Tuesday.
“I have nothing for you,” said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.).
“I’m not going to indulge you,” said Sen. John Cornin (R-Texas).
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Ten.) Has avoided the question three times in a row, citing his policy of not speaking to reporters in the Senate Hallway – although it was Blackburn who made it a problem with Jackson in the first place.
Thirteen hours into the first day of Jackson’s hearing last month, Tennessee Republicans threw out the question: “Can you define the word ‘woman’?”
“Can I give a definition?” Jackson said confusedly. “No, I can’t. I’m not a biologist. “
Some time later, Blackburn concluded: “You can’t answer me directly about something as basic as a woman that underscores the dangers of the kind of progressive education we hear about.”
The next day, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) slept with Jackson, telling him: “I think you’re the only Supreme Court nominee in history who’s a woman.” Unable to answer the question. “
The real purpose of Blackburn’s question was almost certainly to try to corner Jackson on the participation of transgender women in women’s sports. A widespread, ugly GOP attack on LGBTQ people Going to the 2022 elections. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is pushing for an investigation into child abuse of parents whose children want gender-guaranteed medical care. Florida’s new “don’t say gay” law prevents teachers from talking about sexual orientation or gender identity with students younger than fourth grade. The human rights campaign, meanwhile, is tracking More than 300 anti-LGBTQ bills All over the country.
In a follow-up email to the Halfpost, a Blackburn spokeswoman said a woman’s definition is “two X chromosomes.”
The spokesman did not respond to a request for comment Women born with only one X chromosome To be female, or if she considers Men born with two X chromosomes To be a woman
In a written statement, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) gave the same definition as Blackburn: “A woman is born with two X-chromosomes.”
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary and the Britannica Dictionary define a woman as “an adult female” and “an adult female”, respectively. Do senators agree?
“I have more of a traditional view of what a woman is,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (RN.C).
Via the Alex Brandon Associated Press
Sen. Lindsay Graham (RSC) says that a woman is simply someone who is “biologically a woman,” adding that she thinks most Americans understand who is a woman and who is a man.
“Birds and bee accessories – it’s been a while, but I think I remember the general essence of the difference,” Graham said. “It’s kind of weird to have a hard time answering this question.”
Sen. Before Mike Lee (R-Utah) slipped into a Senate elevator, a woman shouted his definition: “An adult female of the human species.”
Sen. Josh Howley (R-Mo.) Was braver than many.
“A mother who can give birth to a child is a woman,” she said. “She is a woman who has a womb. It doesn’t seem so complicated to me. “
So if a woman has her uterus removed by hysterectomy, is she still a woman?
“Yes. Well, I don’t know, what will they do? “He asked. (Yes.)
Asked later if a woman lost her reproductive organs in cancer, would she still be considered a woman, Hawley said: “I mean, a woman has a vagina, doesn’t she?”
Cruz, when asked, replied that a woman was “an adult female man.”
He denies that he recently saw it in a dictionary.
“I can only speak English,” Cruz said, “a Homo sapiens with two X chromosomes.”
