"I'm asking, why isn't abortion good for your girlfriend? Bad for other women? That's my question."
Colorado congressional candidate and sitting State Rep. Richard Holtorf (R) received a tough grilling this week at the hands of local 9News anchor Kyle Clark over his apparent hypocrisy when it comes to abortion rights.
Holtorf made headlines back in January when he defended paying for his girlfriend’s abortion, despite being an adamant pro-life lawmaker and abortion critic. “Anti-abortion GOP lawmaker praises the impact of the abortion he paid for,” read the headline of a local report by Clark from the beginning of the year.
To his credit, Holtorf sat down with Clark to discuss the issue.
These people drive me crazy. I never had an abortion because I think it's creepy as fuck but I don't think my experience should define everyone else's, these men are evil. If a lady has to have an abortion, she has to. Nobody wants to, and they want to heap shame on top of that, but literally will NEVER have to make that choice because they are men. Fuck off.
That's the thing, isn't it? Literally nobody wants one. But Repubs keep telling lies like women choose abortion as their primary means of birth control.