In 1999, Scott Pruitt, then an Oklahoma state senator, introduced a bill to grant men “property rights” over unborn fetuses, requiring women to obtain the would-be father’s permission before aborting a pregnancy. Pruitt, now the embattled administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, submitted the legislation again in 2005. But the legislation merits new examination as the EPA chief faces down an avalanche of corruption accusations. “But framing a fetus as a man’s property is a new low.”American Bridge resurfaced the legislation and shared it with HuffPost. Pruitt has spent his 15 months at the EPA pushing to keep government out of the private sector.

Source: Huffington Post May 24, 2018 20:58 UTC