GOP rising star demands abortion advocate name ‘favorite’ method in hearing clash

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A House judiciary hearing in the House of Representatives grew tense on Tuesday when Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, pressed an American University scholar in graphic detail on which abortion procedure she would list as her favorite. "What’s your favorite type of abortion?" Gill asked Jessica Waters, a senior scholar at the American University School of Public Affairs. Waters, whose research focuses on "reproductive rights law," "abortion regulation," and "state control of reproductive decision-making," refused to answer. "I’m an advocate for patients having access to the full realm of reproductive healthcare," Waters said. BONDI HEARING DEVOLVES INTO CHAOS OF SHOUTS AS AG ACCUSES TOP DEMOCRATS OF 'THEATRICS' The moment — and the attention it immediately sparked online — highlights the continued priority of the abortion issue among Republican lawmakers and conservatives, and came during a hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government. Gill leaned into the gruesome picture often left behind by some of the procedures. "The first kind is called a ‘suction abortion,’" Gill said. "This is when the cervix is dilated and a strong suction, 29 times the power of a household vacuum cleaner, tears the baby’s body apart and sucks it through the hose into a container. Do you prefer that method?" "I stand by my former testimony," Waters said. Viewers on social media praised Gill, pointing out his resolve to hold Waters’ feet to the fire despite the terse exchange. TEXAS LAWMAKERS CONSIDER BIPARTISAN BILL AIMED AT CLARIFYING EXCEPTIONS TO STATE'S ABORTION RESTRICTIONS "This is the conversation Democrats refuse to have. It’s uncomfortable, it’s ugly, but it has to be said," Nick Craig, a political commentator from North Carolina, said in a post to X. Derrick Evans, a former member of the West Virginia House of Representatives, highlighted the moment in a post of his own. "Watch her squirm as he starts describing some of the abortion methods," Evans wrote.…