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The Problem with Pro-Choice Men
Feb. 10th, 2010 01:52 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
lynn82md.livejournal.comWhy do male pro-lifers speak their minds while pro-choice guys stay silent? Hugh Ryan on the fight's glaring gender divide—and why men are turning against abortion rights in droves.
A couple snippets from the article that I liked:
Pro-choice activists argue that there’s more to the issue than one poll, however. Ted Miller, Communications Director at NARAL Pro-Choice America, points to South Dakota. When a legislative ban on abortions was defeated in 2006, anti-abortion activists claimed that a similar bill, with exceptions for rape and incest, would pass in the next legislative cycle. In 2008, the bill, now with exceptions, was handily defeated again, and both pre- and post-polling showed men and women equally against it.
Not to mention, several states that had a bill which would've given fertilized eggs personhood was defeated in several states in the 2008 election.
The truth of the matter is that women have always and will always make decisions about whether or not to have children, regardless of what their parents, Congress, or Tim Tebow have to say about it. But without vocal support—from men and women—procedures will become more difficult to get, and more dangerous for the women who need them. Having seen the alternative, I know which side I stand on.
Damn right!!!
I want to remark on one thing, but I didn't make a snippet about it. I think when it comes to polls, people (both and women) think that in order to be pro-choice...you have to have an abortion and you have to love it. Being a former pro-lifer, I used to have that misconception myself. To add to that, it seems that people who aren't active in the abortion debate or are new to it don't realize there's more to being pro-choice than just supporting abortion. You defend reproductive rights for both men and women. As I have for our avatars on this community:
A couple snippets from the article that I liked:
Pro-choice activists argue that there’s more to the issue than one poll, however. Ted Miller, Communications Director at NARAL Pro-Choice America, points to South Dakota. When a legislative ban on abortions was defeated in 2006, anti-abortion activists claimed that a similar bill, with exceptions for rape and incest, would pass in the next legislative cycle. In 2008, the bill, now with exceptions, was handily defeated again, and both pre- and post-polling showed men and women equally against it.
Not to mention, several states that had a bill which would've given fertilized eggs personhood was defeated in several states in the 2008 election.
The truth of the matter is that women have always and will always make decisions about whether or not to have children, regardless of what their parents, Congress, or Tim Tebow have to say about it. But without vocal support—from men and women—procedures will become more difficult to get, and more dangerous for the women who need them. Having seen the alternative, I know which side I stand on.
Damn right!!!
I want to remark on one thing, but I didn't make a snippet about it. I think when it comes to polls, people (both and women) think that in order to be pro-choice...you have to have an abortion and you have to love it. Being a former pro-lifer, I used to have that misconception myself. To add to that, it seems that people who aren't active in the abortion debate or are new to it don't realize there's more to being pro-choice than just supporting abortion. You defend reproductive rights for both men and women. As I have for our avatars on this community:
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