I wish women could decide abortion law, says Republican man who backs ban

Congressman John Curtis of Utah laments lack of women in state legislatures drafting laws - if you're a woman, it stinks'

Despite his party's staunch opposition to terminating pregnancies, Congressman John Curtis, a Utah Republican, has raised eyebrows after saying at a debate this week that he wished women could decide whether abortion should be legal.

I wish, as a man, I didn't have to make this decision," John Curtis said, referring to how the state legislatures which are now empowered to decide the legality of abortion are dominated by men. I wish women could make this decision."