Posted on 01/02/2012 10:15:44 AM PST by wagglebee
misogyny n hatred of women.
Unfortunately, the HumanLifeMatters blog has a glitch that does not allow comments to be displayed. That's too bad because I get comments like this from somebody identifying herself as Roxanne May: "Pardon me, but do you have a uterus? No? Then this is none of your damned business. Keep your misogyny off my body." She was referring the the previous post entitled "SAFE LEGAL ABORTIONS ARE A MYTH: THEY MAY BE LEGAL BUT THEY ARE NOT SAFE". I invite you to read it immediately below this posting.
According to Roxanne, having a uterus is only criteria qualifying somebody to comment on the unsanitary and unsafe conditions of abortion clinics. Her rage blinds her reason. Needlessly putting women's lives at risk is every one's business; child abuse is every one's business (and abortion is the worst kind of child abuse). Speaking out against practises that endanger or kill people is part of every citizen's concern who values interdependent community and the greater human family.
Roxanne is parroting an old and tired abortion slogan dating back to the early 1970s. (Catchy slogans can stifle rational debate for years.) Unfortunately for Roxanne, her argument about a uterus being the only credential to speak about abortion does not hold up against reason or rationality. It does not work anymore.
Roxanne says "Keep your misogyny off my body." How does she know I hate women? I have never met her. Was it a hatred of women for me to expose an example of the putrid health conditions of an abortion clinic or refer readers to the Blackmun Wall which has a very long list of women who died as a result of so-called "safe legal abortions"? Au contraire! As a husband, father of a daughter and grandfather of three girls, I am deeply concerned about the welfare of women and children.
Apparently Roxanne did not read the last line of the blog posting below which said, "Society must emerge into a sunlit age where women in crisis pregnancies and their babies are accepted and valued within the larger embrace of a nurturing community." Day by day, the pro-choice ideology is getting harder to espouse. We know so much about prenatal life. Women scarred by abortion are becoming more vocal against it. The moral poverty of the abortion industry is coming to light with increasing regularity. The injustice of the status quo can not be maintained, unless truth is to be mocked. I will not be quiet as long as the killing of my fellow human beings continues with impunity. Everyone has the right to live. Everyone has the right to good medical care; Everyone has a right to be born and breath the fresh air, to feel the warmth of the sun on their shoulders and reach their full potential.
Abortion is as much of a blight on society as slavery. Abortion and slavery are based on the selfish desires of the powerful gained at the expense of the powerless. Do not confuse selfishness with freedom or liberty.
No Roxanne, I will not be silenced about injustice because of my anatomy any more than I will be silenced about injustice by my disability. I will not be silenced until abortion is but a bitter and shameful memory. I will not be silenced by the likes of Roxanne May or the sting of pro-choice vitriol.
Perfectly stated!
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99% of all abortions are done because the woman doesn’t want to be inconvenienced by the pregnancy.
I think that the appropriate response (if you’re a male) is, “No, but I’ve spent time in one.”
I HATE it when women trot out that stupid illogical excuse.
It can so easily be turned against them (any law then that doesn’t pertain to them on a strictly biological basis, they should not be allowed to vote on.)
Well, there was a time when one couldn't hide the conception from the husband or from parents. I wonder how much of the 99% above are really a cover-up strategies, far beyond just avoiding an inconvenience.
Are you referring to 1962 or 2012? In some places in the US being a pregnant teenager is a badge of honor. Everywhere it is not nearly as frowned upon as it was 50 years ago. The pregnant teenager hiding it from mom and pop (or probably just mom now) is a rarity.
I would think that most women who cheat on their husbands would find it prudent to get birth control rather than risk a pregnancy.
Indeed!
Why would God turn His face toward us when we do three things in this nation:
1) kill innocent babies in the womb, some only seconds from their first breath.
2) Send 85% of our nation's children into godless indoctrination centers. Even Christians parents do it **willingly**. Simply by attending they must think and reason godlessly just to cooperate in the classroom. How could it be otherwise?
3) Not only tolerate homosexuality but celebrate it as well.
"We" don't. Particular individuals do.
It should not be surprising. Feminism has always been about blaming men, whether it was the Seneca Falls document in 1848, or excuses for abortion now.
Well your response doesn’t seem to have anything to do with my comment. The common illogical response I was referring to is not ‘blaming men’ attempts to exclude them.
Ummm, I guess I'm not getting it -- if a teenager's pregnancy is a "badge of honor," what audience finds it honorable? (I'm presuming this is an unmarried teen.) Then why terminate?
And if a cheater was using mechanical or chemical birth birth control, is it only those exhibiting marital fidelity that request termination? Is it that both husband and wife are complicit in the termination decision? Or for an unmarried woman, is it just a keep-one's-job strategy or not-burden-the-live-in-boyfriend issue?
If birth-control means are so prevalent, why are there so many terminations? especially, why so many "partial-birth" terminations? Why is the baby carried so long before stopping life?
I guess I'm really not with it. This just doesn't make sense. I'm not contradicting you -- are these terminations just arising out of laziness, or inability to make a decision until the very last moment when one has already undergone the inconvenience? Please fill me in!
Yes, definitely pray for her! I agree with you that she most likely has had an abortion in her past. Of the kinds who are like this....militant, angry, displaying in-your-face-spitting rage, usually are post-abortive. Of course, not all people who have experienced abortion become this way.
Knowing many people who have gone public with their abortions, I know that people like this angry woman in the article can change. There are testimonies of people who were once filled with rage and now are on the other side, helping those who are considering abortion or have had abortions.
This woman could someday be very helpful to others in a post-abortion group such as Rachel’s Vineyard or a H.E.A.R.T/P.A.C.E. program.
Two lamentations I have heard are “I felt I had no choice” and/or “If only someone had been there to tell me this information”.
Post abortion referrals (for anyone reading this) 1-877-HOPE-4-ME
My heart goes out to those who have had abortions. My understanding has changed so much from when I was a pro-abortion supporter. Now I am an involved pro-lifer.
May this website help many on this page to understand (or to benefit others in some way)
http://www.theunchoice.org/
Also, another very helpful website is the Center Against Forced Abortion.
http://www.txjf.org/
Prayers also for the girls who are forced to abort by her parents, guardians, and/or boyfriend against her will. There are letters on this website that can help save a life in these circumstances.
Love your answer, Mercat!
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