In her latest column, Jill Stanek points out the hypocrisy, inconsistency and downright silliness of the sudden call for help by pro-choice feminists...from men!The April 29 issue of Newsweek featured a conversation among liberal feminists about the future of the abortion movement. Surprising to me was a recurring lament about the shortage of outspoken pro-abort men. Hasn't the mantra for almost 40 years been, "My body, my choice"?
Only last week pro-abort Florida Rep. Janet Long told fellow legislators to "stand down if you don't have ovaries" when voting on a bill requiring mothers seeking abortions to undergo ultrasounds.
The message has been loud and clear ("hear me roar") that if you don't have female reproductive organs, you have no say in abortion either personally or corporately. But while pro-abort women have always despised and disparaged pro-life men, they apparently have begun to see value in their counterparts. From Newsweek:
Amanda Marcotte of Pandagon: "[O]nly women are held accountable for fighting for reproductive rights. When the anti-choice side pulls energy from both men and women who are eager to halt sexual liberation and control female bodies, and pro-choicers can only look to women, we're already running at half capacity."
Nancy Keenan of NARAL: "I agree with Amanda's point about needing men to become more vocal on our issue. … The perception is that men are the loud, boisterous and ever-present faces of the anti-choice movement (Mike Huckabee, Randall Terry, Rick Santorum), while women are the leaders of the pro-choice movement. And yet, if we are to win in the political arena, we simply cannot move pro-choice legislation, defeat anti-choice attacks, and protect Roe v. Wade unless we engage both genders."
How schizophrenic. How hypocritical. What, now that they're losing the abortion battle they admit they can't handle it on their own? They need men's help, seriously?
Over 37 years ago feminists outlawed giving fathers any say whatsoever when aborting children they may want while forcing fathers to financially support children they may not want – and feminists are now calling on men to help uphold the status quo?
Feminists are demanding that male pro-life legislators butt out because they have no ovaries while demanding that male pro-abort legislators intervene – on what grounds?
Feminists decry male pro-life activists outside abortion mills but ignore that most abortionists inside the mills are men. They find pro-life men creepy but not male specialists in the field of gynecologic child killing?
Is it any wonder men don't know how to behave around feminists?...
