Wisconsin lawmaker criticized for calling women ‘birthing bodies’ in tweet about abortion 

A Wisconsin state representative attracted the ire of Twitter users when she referred to those impacted by the possible overturning of Roe v Wade as ‘birthing bodies’ rather than women. 

Democrat State Rep. Francesca Hong, 33, sent out the message just hours after Politico leaked Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion to overturn Roe v Wade, possibly laying out a framework for a ban on abortion. 

Hong, like man of her fellow Democratic colleagues nationwide, posted statements condemning the opinion.

However, Hong, the first Asian American state rep in Wisconsin history, caught nationwide attention because of her use of the term ‘birthing bodies.’