Woke California medical school boss offers worrying answer when asked if only women can get pregnant at congressional hearing
Fine condemned the chancellor’s answer and challenged him about who can become pregnant.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYThe Daily Mail is an established publisher with a named author, but this article uses highly charged framing and relies heavily on hearing exchanges and attributed statements rather than independent verification or broader context.
- Source type — An established international tabloid publisher, with a lower credibility prior than a newspaper of record or major wire service.
- Editorial standards — The article contains direct quotations from participants but also uses sensational and politically loaded wording.
- Author attribution — A named author is credited.
The article reports direct exchanges and includes responses from both Republican lawmakers and medical-school administrators, along with Democratic criticism of the hearing. Its account is largely built from those statements, however, with limited independent evidence or context for the disputed curriculum claims.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article includes statements from lawmakers on both sides and responses from the medical-school administrators, but the Republican criticism dominates the framing and the article offers little independent examination of the claims.
- Loaded language — Uses loaded wording that aligns the presentation with the Republican lawmakers’ objections.
- Source diversity — Includes Republican and Democratic lawmakers and testimony from medical-school administrators.
- Counterarguments presented — Administrators explain the terminology and their educational goals, but those responses receive less emphasis than the criticism.
- Omitted context — Provides limited independent context or evidence for assessing the disputed curriculum claims.
The framing favors the Republican lawmakers’ criticism through loaded descriptions and gives their objections extensive attention. The article also includes the administrators’ explanations and Democratic lawmakers’ criticism of the hearing.
- Language tone — Uses charged terms such as “bizarre,” “insane” and “nonsense,” reinforcing the lawmakers’ criticism.
- Framing — Presents the terminology dispute chiefly through Republican lawmakers’ challenges and their claims about medical schools.
- Source selection — Includes responses from school administrators and Democrats, though the Republican lawmakers’ arguments receive greater emphasis.
At a House hearing on medical-school curricula, Rep. Mary Miller challenged university leaders over inclusive pregnancy terminology, while Rep. Randy Fine also criticized one witness’s response. The administrators defended their programs as preparing physicians to treat diverse patients.
At a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing about diversity, equity and inclusion in medical schools, Miller questioned University of California, San Francisco Chancellor Sam Hawgood about guidance recommending “pregnant people” rather than “pregnant women.” Hawgood defended the terminology as part of preparing students to care for diverse patients, while saying that the vast majority of pregnancies involve women. Miller and Fine criticized his answers and later shared their views publicly.
University of California, Los Angeles medical school Dean Steve Dubinett said he was unfamiliar with a cited announcement and that his school treats transgender patients in compliance with state and federal law. The administrators said their programs do not discriminate and prepare students to care for diverse patients. Democrats criticized the hearing as a distraction from other policies, including a federal student-loan cap, and Rep. Adelita Grijalva accused Republicans of playing politics with DEI.
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SWIPE →Representative who criticized the chancellor’s answer about pregnancy
Representative who challenged medical-school witnesses about inclusive terminology
Miller's version of this story ↗Representative who criticized Republicans’ focus on DEI
Committee chair who framed the hearing as an accountability matter
Part of a bigger story
3 OUTLETSAt a House hearing on diversity initiatives in medical education, Representative Randy Fine and other lawmakers questioned UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood over who can become pregnant. Center outlets report on Republican challenges to the chancellor while noting administrators defended their programs as preparing doctors to treat diverse patients. Right-leaning outlets focus on lawmakers sharply criticizing the witness, highlighting Fine's questions about gender and pregnancy.
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