Ohio Democrat Teresa Fedor speaks out during abortion debate to reveal she has been raped – and is interrupted by laughter from Republicans

An Ohio politician was interrupted by laughter from opposing party members during an impassioned speech in which she revealed that she had been raped.

Teresa Fedor, a Democrat State Representative, became so incensed during a debate on a bill to ban all but the earliest abortions that she stood up and spoke for the first time about her own personal experience with the issue.

House Bill 69, known as the Heartbeat Bill, would ban abortions in Ohio as soon as a fetal heartbeat could be detected by doctors – in some cases as early as six weeks.

It has proved controversial in a state where such a law is unlikely to ever be agreed by the Senate – and would probably be struck down by the US Supreme Court, which has generally ruled that states cannot impose abortion limits until around the 24-week mark.

But as the momentum of the debate went in favour of passing the law last week, 58-year-old Ms Fedor stood up and dressed down her colleagues for “stacking stories to weigh one way or the other”, according to local newspaper the Toledo Blade.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ohio-democrat-teresa-fedor-speaks-out-during-abortion-debate-to-reveal-she-has-been-raped--and-is-interrupted-by-laughter-from-republicans-10142219.html

Women in politics soon learn that the tender approach does not work, especially with conservatives.  Of course they laugh.  Lady, you belong barefoot, pregnant and in front of a stove.  Anything less, and you'll get no respect.

Thus, from whence the war on woman.

Original Quill wrote:Women in politics soon learn that the tender approach does not work, especially with conservatives.  Of course they laugh.  Lady, you belong barefoot, pregnant and in front of a stove.  Anything less, and you'll get no respect.

Thus, from whence the war on woman.

Conservatives?? I think you mean "boys"

eddie wrote:

Original Quill wrote:Women in politics soon learn that the tender approach does not work, especially with conservatives.  Of course they laugh.  Lady, you belong barefoot, pregnant and in front of a stove.  Anything less, and you'll get no respect.

Thus, from whence the war on woman.

Conservatives?? I think you mean "boys"

Do conservatives ever grow up? I suppose there is such a thing as good boys, but immaturity is certainly the adjective I would use for conservatives. They love their fighting...writ large, that means wars. They don't think things through. They cause messes that others must clean up. They have a huge appetite, and they are always trying to take from others.

I think it's not so much the male gender, as the immature element.

Original Quill wrote:

eddie wrote:

Original Quill wrote:Women in politics soon learn that the tender approach does not work, especially with conservatives.  Of course they laugh.  Lady, you belong barefoot, pregnant and in front of a stove.  Anything less, and you'll get no respect.

Thus, from whence the war on woman.

Conservatives?? I think you mean "boys"

Do conservatives ever grow up?  I suppose there is such a thing as good boys, but immaturity is certainly the adjective I would use for conservatives.  They love their fighting...writ large, that means wars.  They don't think things through.  They cause messes that others must clean up.  They have a huge appetite, and they are always trying to take from others.

I think it's not so much the male gender, as the immature element.

Yes quill. Boys!

Original Quill wrote:Women in politics soon learn that the tender approach does not work, especially with conservatives.  Of course they laugh.  Lady, you belong barefoot, pregnant and in front of a stove.  Anything less, and you'll get no respect.

Thus, from whence the war on woman.

They have to be tough when this sort of stuff hits the headlines. From the Mail of course. What's that got to do with politics?

http://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/everyday-sexism-everyday-in-the-mail/

The article doesn't say, but I would assume the bill does not have an exemption for pregnancies due to rape. That's in most of these bills these days.

I don't know...you're asking me to rationalize for Republicans? These are the guys who hate everyone.