The argument belies a fundamental misunderstanding about female anatomy — and the trauma of sexual assault. As she has had to do many times in the past, Ocasio-Cortez addressed the ignorance of her peers head-on. “Once again we’re in a room of legislators who are attempting to legislate reproductive systems that they know nothing about,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a congressional hearing about the new law. A person is considered six weeks pregnant when their period is just two weeks late, she noted. “You look at me funny, I’m two weeks late for my period.

Source: Huffington Post September 30, 2021 19:41 UTC