Pregnant women's bodies are 'hosts', says US lawmaker http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/89399634/pregnant-womens-bodies-are-hosts-says-us-lawmakerA US lawmaker has described pregnant women as "hosts" whose bodies do not belong to them.
Republican politician Justin Humphrey, from southeast Oklahoma, made the comments while discussing his bill requiring women seeking an abortion to first obtain the written informed consent of the father. The bill is scheduled for a hearing on Tuesday in a House committee.
"I believe one of the breakdowns in our society is that we have excluded the man out of all of these types of decisions," he said.
"I understand that they feel like that is their body," he said of women. "I feel like it is a separate – what I call them is you're a 'host'."