Michelle Obama Says Creating Life Is ‘The Least’ Of What A Woman’s Reproductive System Does

Former first lady Michelle Obama said that a woman’s unique ability to grow a human life inside her body is “the least of” what the reproductive system is for.

Obama, a prominent Democrat and supporter of abortion, discussed her thoughts during an episode of her “IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson” podcast on Wednesday.

The “Becoming” author said that the “frustrating thing” is that the issue “has been reduced to a question of choice, as if that’s all of what women’s health is.”

“I attempted to make the argument on the campaign trail this past election that there’s just so much more at stake because so many men have no idea what women go through,” Obama said. “We haven’t been researched, we haven’t been considered, and it still affects the way a lot of men lawmakers, a lot of male politicians, a lot of male religious leaders think about the issue of choice, as if it’s just about the fetus, the baby.”

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“Women’s reproductive health is about our life,” Obama added. “It’s about this whole complicated reproductive system that the least of what it does is produce life.”

She continued, “It’s a very important thing that it does, but you only produce life if the machine that’s producing it—if you want to whittle us down to a machine—if the machine is functioning in a healthy, streamlined kind of way. But there is no discussion or apparent connection between the two.”

The former first lady’s friend, OB/GYN Dr. Sharon Malone, was a guest on the episode. She agreed with Obama’s thoughts, saying, “one of the things that is disturbing” is that the “government has gotten involved in decisions that are personal and healthcare decisions.”

“It’s not just about whether someone chooses to have a pregnancy or not, but this is a situation where a woman should have control over her body—when and if to have a baby, and to decide how that pregnancy should continue,” she said.

At another point in the episode, Dr. Malone also mentioned a link between “older sperm” and “more autism.”

“They’ll never let that secret out. That may be the key behind all the defunding everything,” Michelle Obama replied. “Then old men can keep marrying 20-year-olds. It’s like, ‘I’ll give you the baby you want.'”