a PSA ..and then.. something completely similar

[helpimarock]

If you didn't already know (which I doubt knowing the demographics of my flist), today is the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision on Roe v. Wade which has ever since protected a woman's right to an abortion in the United States. For the last few weeks I've been waiting to say something about this being a male myself and knowing what so

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[blozor]

Obviously, it was Jessica's cervix talking to you because, as a man, you own your woman's body and everything in it, right?

A humorist whom I can't remember the name of now to look it up, but who's blog I came across looked at the abortion issue in a very poignant way that really helped me to stop straddling the fence and choose a side. He wrote that the issue isn't actually about abortion at all. The point where life begins is a meaningless distractor from the real issue that the opposition doesn't want us to realize. It's not an argument between Pro-choice and Pro-life like they want you to believe. "Pro-life" is a misnomer to make their position sound more righteous. It's really an argument between Pro-choice and Pro-no-choice. I think that is the underlying issue here. It's not about life or justice or righteousness at all. It's all about control. It always has been. So therefore, I have to be pro-choice, regardless of what my opinions regarding the point of conception might be, because above that, I believe in personal freedom and the right to choose over having the choice imposed on us.