Pro-choicer: Pro-lifers are not motivated by misogyny
by Kelli
I’m a pro-choice individual who actually acknowledges that those who disagree with me are not raging, full blown misogynists. What’s my reasoning you might ask? I’m happy to oblige.
First and foremost, I don’t buy the idea that people who are pro-life hold that position because they seek to control women’s bodies. This is a myth perpetuated by many Democrats as part of the “War on Women.” To attack the pro-life position as a “War on Women” is to completely ignore the much more widely cited reason for being pro-life, which is concern that fetus’s [sic] being aborted are in fact alive and sentient….
Here’s another reason why pro-life individuals are not inherently sexist. It’s seemingly obvious but is almost completely ignored in the abortion debate. Tens of millions of women are pro-life. According to Gallup polling, as many as 41 percent of women identify as pro-life. That’s almost half!
Did Anthony Brown and Mark Udall intend to convince voters that almost half of all American women are self-hating sexists, Hell-bent on waging war on… themselves? Regardless of their intentions, women saw through their illogical and downright dishonest allegations. Both candidates lost easily winnable races.
Women are smart. Democrats know that right? I mean come on! You’ve got some of the smartest women in the world as your rising stars…. Women see through cynical pandering.
Next time, try running on your accomplishments. It’s not like you have a dearth of other issues to talk about. Same sex marriage and the minimum wage have been trending your way for instance. However, if you use those issues, please try to refrain from calling people against same sex marriage homophobic and those against an increased the minimum wage classist. Instead, try actually having an honest debate about the policies themselves. You’ll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. Similarly, you’ll catch more votes with good policies, than with disingenuous accusations of prejudice.
~ Matt Teitelbaum, Huffington Post, November 19
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Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Wow. That was refreshing. You’re absolutely correct Matt. And you’re half-way there. When you understand WHY we’re pro-life then you can see if what we believe is correct or not and science backs us up.
If you read his whole article, he thinks there’s just no worry since fetuses aren’t “sentient.” Apparently sentience, to him, is what defines humanity.
“If you read his whole article, he thinks there’s just no worry since fetuses aren’t “sentient.” Apparently sentience, to him, is what defines humanity.”
Interesting. So I suppose he thinks it’s perfectly okay to kill patients who are in reversible comas.
Those “Keep your rosaries off our ovaries” signs and chants always crack me up :}
Yikes! Do NOT want your body fluids on my rosary! Where is the Holy Water?
War on women’s bodies. Did you forget half of all aborted babies are baby women ripped apart?