At a "Men For Life Prayer Walk" in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday, roughly 600 men, led by pro-life group "Love Life Charlotte" founder Justin Reeder, protested abortion.
In a video at the protest, Reeder said this:
"The truth is that this (abortion) is more of a men's issue than it is a women's issue. Yes, one out of three women will have an abortion in their lifetime, but it is also one out of three men. We forget about the men so often in this story. ... Men, we are called to be protectors of women and children. This is our hour. This is our city. This is our generation. Men, it's time for us to rise up and protect women and children."
When first reading this, I couldn't help but hear the voices of Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers from their Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" days, as they would continually ask the question, "Really?!? REALLY?!? I mean, really?!? Seriously, really?!?" While Justin Reeder may be right in insinuating that fathers are important to their children's lives, he's sorely mistaken to say that the issue of abortion is more of a men's issue than a women's issue.
Do men ever have abortions? No.
Do men ever have miscarriages? No.
Do men ever get pregnant? No.
Do men have to worry about pregnancy when they're raped by women? No.
Do men often get left by women after they become impregnated? No.
Do men give birth to children? No.
Do men breast-feed their kids? No.
Need I continue? No, not really.
Just yesterday, I read a thread on a friend's Facebook page, where a conservative friend of her's basically said that feminism stands for whatever the minority extremist members believe and that feminists no longer fight for equality; they fight for women's rights. What this guy, Justin Reeder, and other such men seem to forget is women physically carry babies for 9 months during pregnancy, not men, and if women had equal rights, they wouldn't need to fight for equality. Men may never fully know what women have gone through over the years, how they've been impacted on multiple fronts by discrimination, or things which are expected of them on a daily basis which we don't have to worry about, but the least we can do is try to understand, and once we've reached a certain level of understanding, fight for their rights alongside them, for what is "freedom" if it's not spread equally?
https://www.bustle.com/p/pro-life-parade-organizer-deems-abortion-more-of-a-mens-issue-63654
In a video at the protest, Reeder said this:
"The truth is that this (abortion) is more of a men's issue than it is a women's issue. Yes, one out of three women will have an abortion in their lifetime, but it is also one out of three men. We forget about the men so often in this story. ... Men, we are called to be protectors of women and children. This is our hour. This is our city. This is our generation. Men, it's time for us to rise up and protect women and children."
When first reading this, I couldn't help but hear the voices of Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers from their Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" days, as they would continually ask the question, "Really?!? REALLY?!? I mean, really?!? Seriously, really?!?" While Justin Reeder may be right in insinuating that fathers are important to their children's lives, he's sorely mistaken to say that the issue of abortion is more of a men's issue than a women's issue.
Do men ever have abortions? No.
Do men ever have miscarriages? No.
Do men ever get pregnant? No.
Do men have to worry about pregnancy when they're raped by women? No.
Do men often get left by women after they become impregnated? No.
Do men give birth to children? No.
Do men breast-feed their kids? No.
Need I continue? No, not really.
Just yesterday, I read a thread on a friend's Facebook page, where a conservative friend of her's basically said that feminism stands for whatever the minority extremist members believe and that feminists no longer fight for equality; they fight for women's rights. What this guy, Justin Reeder, and other such men seem to forget is women physically carry babies for 9 months during pregnancy, not men, and if women had equal rights, they wouldn't need to fight for equality. Men may never fully know what women have gone through over the years, how they've been impacted on multiple fronts by discrimination, or things which are expected of them on a daily basis which we don't have to worry about, but the least we can do is try to understand, and once we've reached a certain level of understanding, fight for their rights alongside them, for what is "freedom" if it's not spread equally?
https://www.bustle.com/p/pro-life-parade-organizer-deems-abortion-more-of-a-mens-issue-63654
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