Twitter Blocks Politician’s Account After Tweeting ‘Man Cannot Get Pregnant’

A politician in Spain, Francisco José Contreras, stated on Monday that he was shocked when his Twitter account was temporarily blocked after disagreeing with the notion that a man can get pregnant and give birth.

Contreras, who is a senior member of Spain’s Vox Party, stated this on his Facebook page on Monday.

He claimed that he, “was locked out of his Twitter account for 12 hours last week after saying a man cannot get pregnant because they have no uterus or eggs.”

Contreras said it was after he made the post on May 11 that Twitter sent him a notice telling him that he had broken the company’s rules.

According to him, Twitter forced him to delete the tweet with the following statements:

“Hello, Fco. J. Contreras: Your account, @fjconpe, was blocked for breaking Twitter Rules.

“Specifically, for the following reasons: Breaking rules banning hate speech behaviors. No threatening, harassing or fostering violence against other people on the basis of their race, ethnic origin, nationality, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion, age, disability or disease is permitted.”