Whoopi Goldberg Blasted as ‘Transphobic’ for Saying Men Can’t Carry a Fetus
'How dare you talk about what a fetus wants! You have no idea'
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Actress Whoopi Goldberg faced backlash from the Left for claiming men cannot bear a fetus, a stance that goes against the LGBT community's view on transgender pregnancy.
Goldberg slammed men after an oral argument Wednesday before the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, a case that hinges on whether Mississippi can ban most abortions after 15 weeks gestation.
“Do any of you men have any eggs or the possibility of carrying a fetus?” Goldberg asked.
“How dare you talk about what a fetus wants!
"You have no idea."
"I’m fine if you disagree with abortion."
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"I have no problem with that," she added.
"My problem comes when you tell me what I need to do with my doctor and my family. How dare you.”
WATCH:
Seriously uncool Trans hate going on on the view. Violence even.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 2, 2021
Goldberg made a comment while responding to the statement during the hearing by Justice Samuel Alito, who declared, “the fetus has an interest in having a life, and that doesn’t change.”
But conservatives noted LGBTQ advocates have declared it verboten to say that only women can bear children and argued transgender men who were born female can and do get pregnant.
“Whoopi Goldberg expresses transphobic hate speech,” tweeted conservative pundit Ian Miles Cheong.
Actor Kevin Sorbo said:
“Whoopi Goldberg just said men aren’t capable of ‘carrying a fetus’ and that medical decisions should be between ‘my doctor and my family’ … so when does she get canceled?? A bit Transphobic is it not??”
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The conservative account Libs of Tik Tok tweeted:
“This is one of the most transphobic things I’ve ever seen. I’m literally shaking.”
“I have been reliably informed that many men do in fact have the possibility of getting pregnant,” said the Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh.
“This transphobic bigotry from Whoopi Goldberg is outrageous and unacceptable.”
The conservative site Not the Bee added:
“This level of anti-LGBT bigotry has no place in society.”
National Review senior writer Charles C.W. Cooke said:
“At some point, progressives are going to have to decide whether pregnancy is intrinsic to womanhood (as Ruth Bader Ginsburg had it, and as the plaintiffs’ lawyer insinuated throughout Wednesday’s hearing) or whether gender is a patriarchal myth and pregnancy universal as a result,” he said in a Friday post.
Those who argued men could get pregnant include the American Civil Liberties Union, which said in 2019:
“There’s no one way to be a man.”
“Men who get their periods are men. Men who get pregnant and give birth are men. Trans and non-binary men belong,” said the ACLU.
Advocates on both sides of the abortion issue have predicted that the Dobbs case could undermine the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.
A high court ruling in Dobbs isn’t expected until late June or early July.
