Michigan Rep. Laurie Pohutsky Opts For “Voluntarily Sterilization” To Avoid Pregnancy In “Donald Trump’s America”

Michigan state Rep. Laurie Pohutsky sterilized herself, and she’s blaming her decision on President Donald Trump. The 36-year-old Livonia Democrat told the throng of several hundred Trump haters that descended on the Michigan Capitol that she voluntarily and permanently relinquished her fertility to make a statement about the 47th POTUS. “Just under two weeks ago, I underwent surgery to ensure that I would never have to navigate a pregnancy in Donald Trump’s America,” Pohutsky said. “I refuse to let my body be treated as currency by an administration that only sees value in my ability to procreate.

The bisexual former House speaker pro tem insisted lawmakers must do more to counter Trump, urging followers to compel their elected representatives to go on the offensive. “We need to demand that our elected officials at all levels stop pretending that this is politics as usual,” she said. “It is beyond time that all elected officials force the issue instead of preemptively capitulating.”

Like Pohutsky, fellow state Rep. Emily Dievendorf, D-Lansing, leveraged the protest to encourage followers to “go further,” suggesting it’s the duty of the “guardians of humanity” who attended, The State News reports. “We’ve gone from inauguration to fascism in 60 seconds,” said Dievendorf, “Michigan’s first openly nonbinary representative.” “Today, we are guardians of humanity, guardians of our neighbors’ safety and protectors of a young democracy that is worth fighting for.”

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