Thing is, all of this pretty much took place before I was born (well, before I was able to spell refridgerator). It’s ancient history to me. I don’t care about what people of a previous generation couldn’t do; the situation has been fixed, the genie is out of the bottle, and (as with the repeal of Prohibition) will bever come back again. Just don’t make me participate in your abortions, ladies, that’s all I ask. You can have all you want.

Now as for the men not having any ‘choice’ here — for the past several decades, women (womyn?) have been demanding that men become all sissified and in touch with their feelings. Well, many of us have complied with those demands, and as felling people, in touch with our inner selves, we feel that we deserve to be consulted on an issue that has ramifications for our persons. (And I speak as the father of a 3-month old; my peson doesn’t particularly enjoy waking up at 3 am to rock her back to sleep, but it’s my job, eh. And I pray that my country doesn’t enable her to take any medical treatments [which includes abortion and RU-486] without my knowledge until she’s legally able to enter a binding contract.)

Ta.

I remember in the 2000 Bush-McCain debate in S.C., Bush and McCain were pressed by Larry King and back-of-the-pack Alan Keyes to reconcile their Pro-Life stances with their comments not to involve their families in the debate. Both refused, saying it was “personal”, “family” matter. To me, that stance lies at the heart of the Pro-Choice movement and Bush and McCain at that debate unwittingly endorsed it. They cannot have the luxury of saying they are Pro-Life but keep a private family exemption for themselves.

Is abortion wrong? Of course it is, and every woman I know who has had one is haunted by that decision. If the situation arose, I would beg and plead with my girlfriend not to do it, but in the end it comes down to one thing: it’s her life and her body, and not my place to tell her what to do with it.

M.Butterfly: I would be curious to know where you stand on parental notification laws. If I were a daddy, I would want to know what my minor daughter had done and hopefully have a chance to counsel her about it.

thx mlah for the soapbox, and no I don’t think you’re a simpleton.

No one has the right answer. I don’t think no one ever will.

But for every man who gets mad at not having a choice, how many did have a choice, and didn’t make the right one to begin with? As long as that problem exists, so will abortion.

I’d rather see it legal and controlled, rather than go back to the dark ages before Roe v. Wade.