The moment I start talking abortion I’m immediately chastised simply because I’m male. It’s believed that I couldn’t possibly understand what a woman goes through during the 9 month gestation period or what follows. Allow me to shed a little light on my own experience.
My wife gave birth to my first baby girl a little over a year ago, thankfully it was a normal pregnancy. During the 9 months of belly growing I stood side by side my increasingly beautiful wife. I suffered through her back aches, inability to get comfortable, and the morning sickness which seemed to last the entire term. Furthermore I held her hand the 13 hours of labor she had to endure and looked her in the eyes, to tell her it would be ok, when she received her epidural.
In the moments up until my daughters birth I happily held my wife’s leg, counting the entire way in between contractions. I was there when I daughter finally came into this world, I was by my wife, I went through the entire blessing by her side. After the examination, I was the first person to feed my beautiful girl and the first to wipe the sweat from my wife’s brow. I understand the pain she went through, just as I understand the joy she felt looking at our daughter for the first time.
Should I be exempt from discussing abortion and women’s rights just because I’m not a female? Can you not have an opinion on war, even though you’ve never killed a person?
Should morals falter depending on the circumstance? No, morals should always be upheld. It’s an obligation to take the higher road and endure what may be difficult because you know it’s right. It’s not a God given right to kill a life, it’s a decision that’s made and doesn’t require the same sex to understand.
I truly believe every life is precious and God has bestowed great responsibility unto females to bring life into this world. Whether you are male or female there is no justification for destroying God’s gift. The life that’s been created is here for a reason and that reason should not be snuffed out, no matter our short-sited views.
Every definition of abortion begins with the word ‘murder’.
> > I suffered through HER back aches, [HER] inability to get comfortable, and [HER] morning sickness. Furthermore I held her hand the 13 hours of labor [SHE] had to endure and looked her in the eyes, to tell her it would be ok, when SHE received her epidural.
Here’s what you did:
You gave backrubs (maybe; I’m guessing).
You spoke comforting words.
You held her hand.
You looked into her eyes.
Kudos to you for being a thoughtful and sensitive spouse. But don’t pretend that the pregnancy was something YOU “suffered through”. That is the exact attitude that leads women to be hostile to your views on abortion.
I have a question for you, Christopher. Do you believe that the government should force parents to donate organs to children who will die without them? Say, a spare kidney. Or maybe bone marrow. The parent is the only match. But the parent doesn’t want to donate – maybe because this biological parent gave up his child for adoption years ago and feels no connection whatsoever to the child. Should the government step in and force the parent to undergo invasive surgery, spinal taps, etc in order to save the child’s life?
I submit to you that there is no difference between forced bone marrow donation and forced childbirth. In both situations, children did not ask to be conceived, and are completely innocent creatures dependent on the biological parent to save their life. In both situations, the parent is forced to only undergo temporary pain and temporary invasive medical procedures. If anything, pregnancy lasts way longer and causes more discomfort than a spinal tap to remove bone marrow.
If you’re in favour of forced childbirth, you are in favour of forced organ donations from parent to child. Think about it. Does a person have no right to bodily integrity?
Nandini, thank you so much for the comment.
>>Here’s what you did:
You gave backrubs (maybe; I’m guessing).
You spoke comforting words.
You held her hand.
You looked into her eyes.>>
That does not even to begin to explain what I did to make sure she was comfortable and taken care of 24/7. It’s making light of a situation claiming I did any less.
To the rest of your statement, I don’t think Government should have to step in, in regards to saving a child, forcing a parent to donate organs etc. They should want to do it on their own, however children cannot speak or fend for themselves, so yes the government should step in.
What an excellent example of a straw man argument!! Your scenario, Nandini, lacks credibility at every juncture. Childbirth is not invasive, it’s a natural consequense/result of one’s previous behavior. Abortion is an invasive procedure, one the government never forces one into performing. What if we created a socitey where people were accountable for their behavior rather than a society where one can absolutely avoid all responsibility under the rouseof disguising fetal murder as a ‘civil liberty?’