Abortion and Mens Rights

[Blackwatch]

...But it isn't. This is a very complicated issue. In my first post, I pointed out that men, women and THE CHILD have rights that are affected by this issue. In subsequent posts, I see people talking about men's rights and women's rights, but what about the rights of the child. Men and women have rights to protect themselves, but who protects the children?

From Refined diva....

I may CHOOSE to have sex, but I may NOT choose to become pregnant.

It is this logic that has gotten us to this stage where we are weighing the lives of unborn children in the balance with our desires to pervert the intent of sex. Ultimately, sex is for the union of two people in holy matrimony to become like God in experiencing the ecstacy of producing life through love. (Gen. Chaptes 1&2). Though sex can be and is enjoyable, do not deprive it from it's divine purpose of giving us the possibility of brining forth life. Sex is more than just a pleasurable play thing, it is a form of worship. Pregnancy and the possibility of producing life is not a choice, it is a blessing from God, the ultimate blessing mind you. If it were a choice, then people having sex who did not want to get pregnant would never get pregnant and vice versa. This thinking shows how far we have gone from God's purpose for our lives and bodies.

As for swamp thang's post, I would like to urge all of us to consider Dr. King's sentiments in the letter from the Birmingham Jail. When the clergy of the south were implying that Dr. King was not right for breaking the laws of Jim Crow by protesting, Dr. King responded that just because something is illegal does not make it wrong. When you have an unjust law, you are not morally bound to adhere to it. In the case of a man's rights to a child legally beginning after birth, it is clearly an unjust and illogical law. We as a moral people should focus on the moral issues behind abortion and sex and decide to live our lives according to that moral law, not a socially constructed legal system.