Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, quietly erased the words “women” and “woman” from a bill relating to insurance enrollment periods for pregnant women. This move has sparked controversy and raised eyebrows across the political spectrum.
In 2015, the Ohio Democrat introduced the first iteration of the Healthy Maternity and Obstetric Medicine Act. It featured the word “women” 22 times, “maternity” 19 times and “woman” twice. By last year, he had scrubbed it of references to women before the bill’s re-introduction. The 2023 version does not make any mention of “women” or “woman.” It also reduced references to “maternity” to only four.
The Bill’s Evolution: A Timeline
| Year | References to “Women” | References to “Maternity” |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | 19 |
| 2019 | 20 | 19 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 |
The measure itself seeks to establish a special health insurance enrollment period for pregnant individuals by amending the Public Health Service Act to require it by law. Introduced several times, including in 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2023, the bill once featured a section titled, “Findings and Purpose.” Within that section, “women” were referenced 19 times in 2015 and 20 times in 2019.
Brown’s Stance: A Comedy of Errors
It’s almost as if they’re playing a game of “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Woman?” Spoiler alert: It’s the Democrats! Perhaps they’re waiting for Kamala Harris to explain it to them in one of her famous word salads. Can’t you hear her now? “Pregnancy is a thing that happens to people who can get pregnant, and those people are… well, they’re people who can get pregnant!”
Conservative Response: Calling Out the Absurdity
Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, endorsed by former President Trump, is running to unseat Brown in November. Moreno’s spokesperson Reagan McCarthy didn’t mince words: “By erasing women from a bill centered around women’s health care during pregnancy, Sherrod Brown is saying the quiet part out loud: he doesn’t believe that only women can get pregnant and wants to erase biological women’s unique abilities.”
McCarthy added, “Brown isn’t just a far-left extremist, he’s also a bonafide weirdo.” Now, that’s what we call hitting the nail on the head!
The Broader Context: Democrats’ War on Reality
Brown’s linguistic gymnastics are part of a larger trend among Democrats to bend over backwards to accommodate every conceivable gender identity, even if it means denying basic biological facts. It’s as if they’re trying to win a gold medal in the Oppression Olympics!
While Democrats like Brown are busy erasing women from legislation, let’s remember some of the great accomplishments for women under the Trump administration:
- Prioritized women’s economic empowerment through the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative
- Signed legislation providing for paid family leave for Federal employees
- Increased funding for childcare grants to States to a record high of $8.8 billion in 2020
The Erasure of Common Sense
As the 2024 election approaches, voters will have to decide whether they want representatives who can define what a woman is, or those who think pregnancy is just something that happens to “pregnant persons.” It’s a brave new world, folks, and apparently, in the Democrat version, women need not apply.
