Democratic Rep. Katie Hill said the
«It’s all you can think about and knowing how much that was going to change your life,» she added, «And … what it would mean if I did have an abortion and how I might regret it forever.»
Hill said states like Alabama — which passed a near-total abortion ban this week — are «criminalizing something that is already so, so difficult for somebody to have to go through.»
On Friday, Missouri became the latest state legislature to pass a restrictive abortion bill, sending it to the desk of the state’s Republican governor, who is expected to sign it into law.
Hill criticized the gender makeup of the legislative bodies trying to change the laws. In Alabama, the 25 senators who voted in favor of the bill were all men, though the bill’s sponsor in the state House is a woman, as is the governor who signed the measure.
Still, Hill argued the decisions were heavily influenced by «old men» who «have never been and will never be in that situation.»
«What this says to women is that we think you’re incapable of making such a hard decision on your own,» she added.
