Idaho Lawmaker Compares Being Pro-Choice To Support For Prostitution

By Alan with comments January 17, 2013 19:51

If audible gasps were the goal, mission accomplished.

Rep. Ron Mendive, R-Coeur d’Alene, made the comparison during a legislative breakfast presentation held by the ACLU on criminal justice reform and other legislative priorities.

Since the ACLU supports a woman’s right to choose abortion, shouldn’t the organization also support prostitution, Mendive asked ALCU-Idaho executive director Monica Hopkins. Mendive then said that prostitution is “a woman’s choice.”