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Alabama abortion ban: Should men have a say in the debate?
BBC News ^ | May 18, 2019 | Ritu Prasad

Posted on 06/22/2019 5:38:49 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff

The corridors leading up to the Alabama Senate are lined with black-and-white photographs of past legislative sessions - each framed poster like a yearbook page from a distinctly male-only school.

But inside the dim public gallery, looking down onto the Senate floor, many of the seats are filled by women. They are young and old, some in suits and some in bright shirts with pro-choice slogans emblazoned across the front.

They watch the drama play out in the chamber below, as a handful of Democrats and an even smaller number of women make clear their outrage over the abortion ban that will pass in just a few hours, and in a day, will become law.

The activists next to me in the gallery laugh and gasp with each argument and reply. Some shout an 'Amen!' in agreement as the debate continues.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: abortion; men
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1 posted on 06/22/2019 5:38:49 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Half of all people who are aborted are males, so of course men should have a say.


2 posted on 06/22/2019 5:40:37 PM PDT by fwdude
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Half the victims of abortion are male. Of course men have a say!


3 posted on 06/22/2019 5:41:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: fwdude

More than half. In almost every culture, the birth rate of males to females is 1.04:1.


4 posted on 06/22/2019 5:42:52 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

It’s often the abusive father, husband or boyfriend coercing the abortion so the non-evil males should definitely have a say.


5 posted on 06/22/2019 5:43:37 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: fwdude

“Half of all people who are aborted are males, so of course men should have a say.”

Yeah. But that still buys in to their premise.


6 posted on 06/22/2019 5:43:52 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

If the man has no choice but to pay if the woman chooses life, then the man should have a voice.


7 posted on 06/22/2019 5:44:41 PM PDT by MortMan (Americans are a people increasingly separated by our connectivity.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

YES especially if it’s a (black) male who was conceived in rape, as this young man reminds us before a crowd in Alabama a few days ago.

These 4 minutes are well worth everyone’s while.

“I am not the residue of the rapist, I am the resilience of my birthmom.”

https://youtu.be/jTxRGaApG9I


8 posted on 06/22/2019 5:44:58 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Should lesbians?

Absurd arguments.


9 posted on 06/22/2019 5:44:59 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
"Alabama abortion ban: Should men have a say in the debate?"

California gun ban: Should non-gun owners have a say in the debate?

10 posted on 06/22/2019 5:45:38 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Kinda hard to get pregnant without a man....


11 posted on 06/22/2019 5:48:29 PM PDT by JBW1949
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Author states in her Twitter feed that Georgia and Alabama’s bans are “Unconstitutional”.


12 posted on 06/22/2019 6:10:46 PM PDT by simpson96
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Should men have a voice in the abortion debate?

According to the left:

During pregnancy: shut up.

After pregnancy from (Day 1 to age 21): pay up.
13 posted on 06/22/2019 6:10:49 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: simpson96

The Towering Intellect herself. Fresh out of University?

14 posted on 06/22/2019 6:11:46 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

“Should men have a say in the debate?”

Of all the arguments in the debate, this is by far the stupidest.

OF COURSE men should “have a say”.

They should have more than that. You are talking about the murder of their sons and daughters, their nieces and nephews, and their grandchildren.

The government of 5he United States was created to “secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves AND OUR POSTERITY”.

It is our posterity that is the subject of the debate. Men have not only 5he right but the duty to participate.


15 posted on 06/22/2019 6:19:26 PM PDT by Jim Noble (1)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
They want to shut people out of politics because they’re the wrong gender? And the call that “equality “.? 😁
16 posted on 06/22/2019 6:27:09 PM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Do people who know nothing about business have a say in business regulation?


17 posted on 06/22/2019 6:39:40 PM PDT by fruser1
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False narrative. Sometimes it’s the woman who lives a lifestyle that leads to her finding herself pregnant with a child she does not want. She chooses an abortion. It works both ways. Men can be concerned about this subject as well as women.


18 posted on 06/22/2019 6:40:12 PM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold. Z)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Genetically, that foetus is as much a part of the father’s body as it is the mother’s.


19 posted on 06/22/2019 6:40:55 PM PDT by seowulf
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>>>If the man has no choice but to pay if the woman chooses life, then the man should have a voice.<<<

As the law stands the man can’t save his baby’s life or in the reverse instance must pay child support even if he is not interested in being a father. As long as women decide if they will become a mother or not it’s only fair that men decide if they shall pay or not. I would exclude married men from that opt out as you can say children within marriage is to be expected. And before anyone cries about deadbeat dads, I’m merely calling for fair play. If a woman decides not to be a mother the law lets her. Let the men have the same “freedom.” Fair is fair.


20 posted on 06/22/2019 6:50:00 PM PDT by BJ1
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