New Delhi, June 1 -- Former US First Lady Michelle Obama is facing sharp criticism after suggesting that producing life is "the least" of what a woman's reproductive system does.

The remarks came during the latest episode of her podcast 'IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson', where she discussed women's health alongside her brother and guest Dr Sharon Malone, a leading OB/GYN.

During the podcast episode, Michelle Obama said, "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. 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 - is functio...