LifeMinded: Think Life » women’s rights

Men shouldn’t have a say about abortion…What?

lynne — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:02:03 +0000

“Men shouldn’t have anything to say about abortion – it’s a woman’s issue.” This ad hominem attack ignores the issue of abortion and attacks the gender of the pro-lifer. This attack is hardly relevant, since arguments and ideas don’t have sexual organs. Gender has nothing to do with the validity of an argument. This reply, usually heard from the most militant and out of touch baby boomer feminists, is sexist, pure and simple. If this statement were valid, then should women be silent when men molest children? Interestingly, the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion on demand in 1973 was decided by male judges…”who shouldn’t have a say because they don’t have to carry the baby.” It’s also interesting that most abortion providers are men. The argument that men don’t have the right to hold or speak their opinion on abortion, has no substance. (Excerpted from “Making Abortion Unthinkable: the Art of Pro-Life Persuasion”)

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Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad = Free Speech

lynne — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:27:04 +0000

What a revealing response we’re seeing from so-called women’s rights organizations to the Tim Tebow ad that will be running during Super Bowl XLIV. For instance, Jehmu Greene, president of the Women’s Media Center, stated in her interview with Bill O’Reilly of Fox News, that the reason these groups are upset is because CBS has changed its long held position of not running advocacy ads. But isn’t CBS, or any other media group, perfectly within their rights and discretion to change their minds? Most likely, it was a purely economical decision on their part, but I’m glad CBS has changed their policy even if that means pro-choice ads may be aired during future games. Fundamentally, this argument is about free speech, and I would argue that the real point of contention is not about the medium but about the message.

As Jan Crawford, CBS News Chief Legal Correspondent, has so aptly noted,

“There is a fundamental hypocrisy when so-called women’s advocacy groups try to censure those that disagree with their ideology.”

With recent polls showing 51% of Americans holding a pro-life viewpoint, we ought to be encouraging open conversations, discussions and debate in all forums, not trying to shut them down.