Former first lady Michelle Obama's unabashed support for abortion has been well-known for a long time, as is her dismissive attitude toward those with pro-life views and belief in the sanctity of the miracle of life.

In her latest podcast episode, Obama diminished those beliefs by asserting that the miraculous creation of a new life in the womb is "the least" of what a woman's reproductive system does, according to the New York Post.

That commentary predictably sparked controversy and backlash, as most Americans disagree and understand that creating new life is the single "most" important thing that a woman's reproductive system was designed to do.

What is women's reproductive health really about?

For the most recent episode of the "IMO" podcast, which former first lady Obama co-hosts with her brother, Craig Robinson, the featured guest was OB/GYN Dr. Sharon Malone, the wife of former Attorney General Eric Holder, and the conversation was unsurprisingly centered on various aspects of women's health.

At one point, Obama lamented how "frustrating" it was to her that women's reproductive health "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," she continued.

Obama claimed, "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."

It's literally in the name of the system

"Women's reproductive health is about our life. It's about this whole complicated reproductive system that the least of what it does is produce life," Obama said, dismissing the obvious fact that producing life is literally the sole purpose of the aptly named reproductive system.

"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," the former first lady continued. "But there is no discussion or apparent connection between the two."

Dr. Malone chimed in on how "disturbing" she found it 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."

"We don't have to keep that in."

According to Newsweek, there was another controversial moment on that podcast episode that involved Dr. Malone making unsubstantiated claims about the possible cause of autism, which prompted a snarky retort from Obama that she appeared to regret and want to take back immediately.

"There is some anecdotal data that says older sperm, more autism," Malone asserted. "So we should tell some people, maybe it's the old sperm, maybe it's not the vaccine that's causing the autism, you know? Why don't you look at that?"

"They'll never let that secret out. That may be the key behind all the defunding everything," Obama replied.

"Then old men can keep marrying 20-year-olds. It's like, 'I'll give you the baby you want,'" she quipped, then turned to her podcast crew and added, "We don't have to keep that in."