Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: Bainbridge

These statements puzzle me too. Here’s my stab at deciphering them.

The first seems to accuse all women (whether pro-life, pro-choice, or undecided) of having a victim attitude. Since this discussion is on abortion, my guess is it is referring to the belief (which I would call a fact, but then I’m one of the accused) that only women go through labor/delivery, which can be painful, dangerous, & even fatal. So the solution would be for women to begin to believe that men can also go through labor/delivery, &/or that it is never painful, dangerous, or fatal.

The second seems to advocate men being able to force the mothers of their unborn children to have abortions if they do not want to be fathers. Men are already able to have vasectomy operations, so this was the only thing I could come up with.

Looking forward to being corrected because I am genuinely curious where this is going & these are not solutions I have ever heard of.


24 posted on 02/02/2013 7:57:55 PM PST by TropicanaRose
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies ]


To: TropicanaRose

He’s vindictive and irrational. There is no logic here. Don’t waste time trying to figure out the thought processes of someone who is so devoid of reason that he has figured a way to insult and objectify all women, on both sides of the abortion battle.


25 posted on 02/02/2013 10:34:57 PM PST by ottbmare (The OTTB Mare)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies ]

To: TropicanaRose
Men are already able to have vasectomy operations, so this was the only thing I could come up with.

And women can get their tubes tied.... That solves nothing.

No, the idea is to embrace the whole "choice" mentality, arguments the pro choice crowd could hardly deny, but recognize it is fundamentally unjust to allow women their entire gestation period to decide whether or not to give birth, then cavalierly expect men to make that decision before there's even a pregnancy. Furthermore, it is unjust to require men to be financially obligated solely based on the decision she makes.

The answer is the "paper abortion" whereby a potential father could legally sign away all rights and responsibilities for the as yet unborn child.

If pro life women would get behind such an idea it would immediately garner the support of all the pro choice men, divide the pro choice camp, and ultimately lead to a return to a close approximation of the societal dynamic that made women protect their own chastity from the dawn of mankind.

29 posted on 02/02/2013 11:34:24 PM PST by papertyger
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson