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Showing Original Post only (View all)Lawmaker Says She’s ‘Sat Here Too Long,’ Discloses That She Was Raped And Had An Abortion [View all]
Last edited Thu Mar 26, 2015, 02:59 PM - Edit history (1)
Good for her. We need women to stand up. All of us should stand with her. This is a matter of health and safety, and the health and safety of our children too. It is a matter of choice.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/03/26/3639180/female-lawmakers-personal-health/
This week, Ohio State Rep. Teresa Fedor (D) stood up during a legislative debate about a proposed abortion ban and revealed publicly for the first time that she had been sexually assaulted, became pregnant, and had an abortion.
You dont respect my reason, my rape, my abortion, and I guarantee you there are other women who should stand up with me and be courageous enough to speak that voice, Fedor told her fellow lawmakers, who are attempting to outlaw abortion procedures after just six weeks of pregnancy. What youre doing is so fundamentally inhuman, unconstitutional, and Ive sat here too long.
I dare any one of you to judge me, she added. I dare you to walk in my shoes.
Fedors disclosure is just the latest personal admission from a female lawmaker who has determined she cannot remain silent about her own experience while her colleagues debate issues of reproductive rights on the floor.
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Lawmaker Says She’s ‘Sat Here Too Long,’ Discloses That She Was Raped And Had An Abortion [View all]
Skidmore
Mar 2015
OP
Agreed. But many folks think they don't know anyone personally who's been raped or had an abortion
Wella
Mar 2015
#5
Actually, most women do tell their friends (female), but they have a right to their privacy.
Wella
Mar 2015
#11
That was just the way I worded it. I maybe should have put a little more thought in the wording.
-none
Mar 2015
#43
So do I. That took courage in this climate of condemnation and cold, harsh judgmentalism.
calimary
Mar 2015
#25
Well, Haele, your last paragraph pretty well explains specimens like marsha blackburn,
calimary
Mar 2015
#49
Nitpick: She's not a Congresswoman; she's in the Ohio state legislature.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Mar 2015
#2
She is a state representitive...Here is another link..(thinkprogress errored with, "Congresswoman")
Stuart G
Mar 2015
#4
Soon we'll have Cruz or Pat Robertson claiming they are telling lies, just to
libdem4life
Mar 2015
#14
Since she's a Democrat, it won't matter. She'll still be demonized and torn apart.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Mar 2015
#15
And you KNOW she will be hounded, abused, and subject to threats of violence online,
tblue37
Mar 2015
#23
Good for her in speaking up. Todd Akin did not know what he was talking about.
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#28
Teresa, I stand with you. I applaud your courage. I honor your experience.
Dont call me Shirley
Mar 2015
#37
Representative Fedor is a very courageous woman. She is one of the very few in the Ohio legislature.
greatlaurel
Mar 2015
#47