Rep. Cori Bush scorched for referring to women as ‘birthing people:' She's reducing mothers 'to a function'

Democratic Missouri Rep. Cori Bush riled up her online critics on Thursday when she referred to women as "birthing people" during a congressional hearing.

The "squad" member was heavily ridiculed after she publicly refrained from using the word "women" during a Democratic oversight committee hearing where she recounted her personal experience with difficult pregnancies to raise awareness of the rising maternal death rate among Black expectant mothers.

Bush shared a video of the hearing to her Twitter page with the caption, "Every day, Black birthing people and our babies...