You have probably heard about Wendy Davis and her filibuster and the obscene actions taken by some Texas women after her filibuster was ended. What you may not have heard is the ridiculous rally-cry of one Texas man* who is speaking for ALL straight Texas men...
How #HB2 Hurts Straight Texas MenYour girlfriend's/wife's life will be in danger. Making abortion inaccessible for millions of Texas women is going to put them in danger if they ever need to terminate a pregnancy. Black markets for unsafe abortions will emerge, and women will be pushed into potentially fatal back-alley abortions. That's your girlfriend's life we're talking about.
Your freedom to choose is at stake, too. While it is ultimately a woman's choice whether to have an abortion, many women choose to make that decision with the man involved. Do you want that decision ready-made for you by politicians in state government? Not if you value freedom, you don't.
You want to decide when and if to have kids. This bill will force thousands of Texas men into unplanned fatherhood by making it impossible for women to access an abortion in the event of an unplanned pregnancy. Even if you want to have kids, you probably don't want an accident to make you a father before you're psychologically ready and able to care for a child. If you don't want kids, you don't want the narrow, personal views of politicians in the state government to force you to have them.
Your sex life is at stake. Can you think of anything that kills the vibe faster than a woman fearing a back-alley abortion? Making abortion essentially inaccessible in Texas will add an anxiety to sex that will drastically undercut its joys. And don't be surprised if casual sex outside of relationships becomes far more difficult to come by.
Not only is this guy, Ben Sherman, completely ignorant of what this bill will do, he also seems to value sex life more than human life. Last I checked, abortion advocates were saying that the procedure would be "safe, legal and rare."Now we have men and women like Mr. Sherman opposing basic safety/ health standards in these abortion clinics. Seems a bit questionable...
Also, according to Ben, my freedom to choose is at stake! Oh my word, not my freedom to choose! Wait! When did the legal system decide to recognize a man's voice in the life of their unborn child? Anyone mind checking my facts here? There are zero laws in affect that allow the man to have any sort of legal say in the life of their unborn child. But there are quite a few laws stating that the man is responsible for paying child support for this child after they are born. Seems like my "freedom to choose" already got thrown out the window.**
Now, Ben, let's get one thing clear, if you really REALLY need to have an abortion because you had an unplanned pregnancy (an idiotic reason, but I'll go with it for now) then you can drive to a clinic and have an abortion in the first five months of your child being alive. That's twenty weeks. Over a third of the year has gone by and you're going to tell me you didn't have a chance to go to a clinic to have an abortion?
Lastly, I can think of something that "kills the vibe" faster. The death of an innocent child that you and your partner made during consensual sex.
Maybe, just maybe, this will lead to an actual sense of responsibility for actions. Maybe you won't be able to have "casual sex" outside of a relationship. Maybe, you'll actually control yourself and wait till you have a committed relationship with someone and then have sex. Maybe, you should have to face consequences for your actions. Hell, you already would have to be paying child support if the woman decides to keep the baby, so why are you going around sleeping with people you aren't in a relationship with anyway?
Casual sex outside of a relationship isn't something that should be promoted anyway, but since men are now supposedly rampaging sex addicts that have to stick it into random women, at least we have some sort of law to prevent an easy out for the guy.
*Note- Don't bother clicking the link unless you really want to read all of this guy's stupidity...
**Note- I have nothing against child support laws although I do believe they should be reformed.
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