Posted on 04/05/2018 11:08:07 AM PDT by ethom
In an interview with Britain’s The Guardian, 67-year-old actor Jeremy Irons said he thinks the church is right to say that abortion is a sin because “sin is actions that harm us” and abortion “harms a woman.” This, naturally, has caused several abortion advocates to spontaneously combust, while others are in the hospital being treated for lacerations to the head inflicted by their own fingernails as they tried to claw out their hair. That last bit was a joke, but just barely.
In reality, feminist website Jezebel called Irons a “stupid fartbag” and proclaimed that he believes women who have abortions are “baby-vacuuming whores.” The fact that Mr. Stupid Fartbag also said he believes that “women should be allowed to make the decision” to have an abortion didn’t seem to make things better.
Irons’ actual stance on abortion — in so far as an offhand comment in an interview can be considered a stance — is actually much closer to pro-choice than pro-life. He makes no mention of the baby in any of this, claiming only that abortion can be “a tremendous mental attack” on a woman. (Presumably he’s referring to the fact that making the choice to have an abortion is a difficult one.) And he says that while he believes it ought to be a sin, women should be allowed to make that decision for themselves. (One imagines he means that, should a women feel that it is not a sin, she can go ahead and have an abortion.)
Jezebel is not the only site to go after Irons for his comments. Marie Claire, for example, says, “Jeremy Irons, man who has never had an abortion, has a strong and surprisingly off-base opinion on the subject.” It seems that Jeremy Irons’ maleness automatically excludes him from having any opinions at all about abortion. By this logic, feminists are excluded from having opinions on any of the choices men make. Luckily for feminists, logic is not their strong suit.
Marie Claire goes on to say: “Claiming that abortions are harmful is not only highly irresponsible, it couldn't be further from the truth. It's a safe procedure, and in many cases can be a life-saving one.” Irresponsible, presumably, because so many women look to Jeremy Irons as the definitive source of information about women’s health — after, of course, totally discrediting him because he’s a man.
The reaction to Irons’ comments on abortion is indicative of how far the “pro-choice” movement is willing to go for the cause. Here is Irons, offhandedly mentioning that he thinks abortion isn’t to be taken lightly — that it can take a mental toll on a woman, and is ultimately wrong even if, sometimes, a woman feels she must do it. And here are all these feminists shouting him down and calling him names. But shouldn’t this basically be the “pro-choice” message?
Saying that choosing to have an abortion is a terrible choice to make shouldn’t be controversial. Saying that it’s a difficult choice, mentally and emotionally, shouldn’t be controversial. If you believe that abortion doesn’t end a life, you have to at least acknowledge that it ends the potential for one. And that potential life would have been your own child’s. So the idea that a woman could (or should!) have an abortion while feeling something akin to the feeling of going out for a sandwich is unrealistic.
Jeremy Irons is a guy who thinks abortion is “harmful” because it takes a mental toll. This makes him irresponsible because, apparently, abortion is actually super fun and everyone should try it and anyone who thinks otherwise is a stupid fartbag. Well then, I too am a stupid fartbag. I’ll be ordering my t-shirt tomorrow.
Why do women want to be so mean that ending an innocent baby’s life shouldn’t affect them any more than clipping a fingernail?
That sounds like fun! I bet you have a zillion great stories.
In my years as a single guy, I could always tell if a woman was one who had at least one abortion....they were always crazy as a result of it.
Yes, some nice memories. This was the Drama League, I think. Jane Fonda was there too and she was weird.
I’ve seen the emotional trauma caused by abortion.
Most serious regrets were in women who had no faith life, to the point of atheism.
Few are cavalier about the experience.
“stupid fartbag”
This passes for intelligent discourse to a leftist.
“I’ll argue with you but first I must call you a juvenile derogatory name to highlight my intellectual superiority”
Ya...the FATHERS should have no say in the KILLING OF THEIR BABIES.......
Could be that its OK to talk against liberal attitudes on abortion since victims of Harvey Weinstein told how liberal attitudes about sex can be very hurtful.
I had to add “fartbag” as a keyword.
Seriously, guys. Why was it left up to me to do this? I know there are fellow travellers here.
“Few are cavalier about the experience.”
Those few that are cavalier are disgusting in my opinion. I’ve run into them. Ugly inside and out.
Lifelong Mental health issues, increased risk of future miscarriages and possibly breast cancer ( sshhhh)
Now if you want to couch the act in non-religious terms, instead of calling it a sin, call abrotion a horcrux (a la Harry Potter).
Abrotion = abortion. Tax return exhaustion, I guess.
I want to control MY own body which happens to want more than anything to get laid.
Therefore, I should be allowed to control my body in ways that please it, and me, and be damned with all this #metoo stuff
#choice4daboyce!
That explains the behavior of a lot of pro-aborts.
The womyn are more bloodthirsty than Dracula ever dreamed of being.
Good for Mr. Irons. I always liked him - always a gentleman as far as I’ve known.
Good point.
I’m absolutely convinced that they only rabidly support it as a defensive/rationalizing mechanism against the actual horror of what they’ve done. When caught in a lie, a thief or murderer will always double-down.
Agreed. I think that’s the way they convince themselves that they did nothing wrong.
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