LOADING ERROR LOADING A Colorado Republican had a hard time explaining why he said he “respected” his girlfriend’s right to abortion but voted against abortion rights as a state representative. Richard Holtorf, who is running against U.S.
Rep. Lauren Boebert to represent Colorado’s 4th District in Congress, was asked about the seeming hypocrisy during a Wednesday broadcast on Denver station KUSA, and he didn’t really have a good answer. Advertisement Earlier this year, Holtorf revealed that he once provided financial support to a girlfriend amid her own abortion so she could “live her best life,” despite also sponsoring a failed 2020 measure that would have banned the procedure in the state after 22 weeks.
“I respected her rights and actually gave her money to help her through her important, critical time,” Holtorf said in January. During the KUSA interview , reporter Kyle Clark pointed out the apparent inconsistency. “If abortion was the best choice for your girlfriend, why try to deny that choice to other women?” Clark blunty asked.
Holtorf tried to wiggle out of a straight answer, saying he’s “a pro-life Catholic” who believes that “everyone should choose life.” But he eventually said that, yes, his girlfriend had made the choice to get an abortion. Advertisement “Did she have that right? Yes.
Was it my choice, Kyle? No,” Holtorf said. “Why do you seek to deny the choice that you said was best for your girlfriend’s life?” Clark beg.