Fallopian tubes removed so she’ll never have to go through pregnancy against her will

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"I was among the thousands of people who rushed to get an IUD in the wake of Donald Trump’s election. Having lived under [Mike] Pence as governor, I knew that he and his supporters would stop at nothing to gut access to reproductive care," she claimed. Yiannoutsos described her experience with contraceptives, including birth control medication and IUDs, and said she experienced "excruciating pain equivalent to a contraction" in her effort avoid becoming pregnant after going to her first IUD appointment. "Four years and two IUDs later, I eagerly chose to pursue sterilization and am thrilled with my decision," she wrote.

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"Getting my fallopian tubes removed means I will never have to go through pregnancy against my will," Yiannpolis wrote. "Millions of others will not be able to say the same, as the Supreme Court appears ready to strike down Roe v. Wade."

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"I believe that eliminating the rights of women to make decisions about when and whether to have children would have very damaging effects on the economy and would set women back decades," Yellen said.

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"I think people can disagree on the issue of being pro-life or pro abortion. But in the end, I think framing it in the context of labor force participation, it just feels callous to me," said Scott, adding that he was raised by a Black single mother in poverty.

Yellen responded by saying that reproductive rights allow women to plan "fulfilling and satisfying" lives, which includes having the financial resources to raise a child. "In many cases, abortions are of teenage women, particularly low-income and often Black, who aren't in a position to be able to care for children, have unexpected pregnancies, and it deprives them of the ability often to continue their education to later participate in the workforce," Yellen said.

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Fellow Democrats came to Yellen's defense, including Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, who admonished Scott not to "impose your experience and your circumstances on others until you walk in their shoes."

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Senator Tina Smith, a Minnesota Democrat and another member of the banking panel, told CNN that Yellen was expressing a fundamental truth about women's autonomy. "She was expressing what I believe almost every woman knows: If you don't have control over your reproductive life, you don't have control over any aspect of your life, including your economic opportunity," Smith said.

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