It’s my abortion too! pout

January 8th, 2008

“We had abortions,” one of the men — who was responsible for four pregnancies that ended in abortion — is quoted as saying. “I’ve had abortions.”

That man — Mark B. Morrow — is a Christian counselor who recently spoke at a conference in San Francisco that was supposedly the first national conference on men and abortion. It featured, among other things, personal testimony from men who claimed that their lovers’ abortions left them scarred. Some became depressed; others nursed their sorrow with alcohol, or had obsessive dreams about their imaginary relationships with children who were never born. Looking back over their lives and the abortions, these men feel a sense of regret so profound, they say, that they’ve decided to join the fight against abortion, using not violence but, as the article puts it, “the power of men’s tears.”

Here’s a clue, Mark.

Stop. Getting. Women. Pregnant.

I know that by the holy power of abstinence-only education you’re probably not sure exactly how you’re getting them pregnant or if there are any ways to stop it, but trust me, it’s within your control. Visit plannedparenthood.org or teenwire.com, they can tell you all about how to overcome the (male) pain of abortion by the offbeat & wacky method of not getting anyone pregnant in the first place.

Especially 4 times. Sure, the first one is a freebie, but four? That’s just sloppy.