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Christian lawmaker giddy about abortion being outlawed advises women to get their 'coathangers ready [View all]
A West Virginia lawmaker who left the Democratic party because he felt it was “anti-Christian” is under fire for taunting women to get their “coat-hangers ready” in anticipation of Roe v. Wade being overturned with the help of newly-installed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
In the now-deleted Facebook comment that was screen-captured by several commenters, Parkersburg City Councilman Eric Barber was busted for the comment that drew the ire of others on Facebook who were appalled at his grotesque reference to back-alley abortions
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/christian-lawmaker-giddy-abortion-outlawed-advises-women-get-coathangers-ready/
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