Lawmaker/Veteran Tells Story Of Her Own Rape And GOP Laughs At Her

“While railing against an abortion-limiting bill in the Ohio legislature this week, Democratic State Rep. Teresa Fedor publicly disclosed for the first time that she had once been raped and elected to have an abortion. The state legislature was in the process of voting on House Bill 69, a law that would make it a fifth-degree felony for abortions performed after a fetal heartbeat is detectable. The bill currently makes exceptions for the mother’s life, but not for pregnancies resulting from incest or rape.