Ok, I will admit first off that i am a huge Neal Boortz fan, and if nobody has ever listened to his radio show I highly recommend it. Neal is a libertarian, but unlike his spineless brothers who care nothing about the safety of this country he is quite conservative. In fact....he is conservative on just about every economic and social issue....except Abortion.

Neal Boortz does not take questions, arguements, emails, or any discussion on his talk show that has to do with Abortion. The reason? Because he supports the act of abortion and sees every arguement against it as illogical and idiotic. In fact....he believes that people who have those "pro-life" stickers on their cars are contributing to the downfall of the right of freedom, but i'll save that discussion for another time.

Where do I think Neal is way off base on his arguements? He believes that pro-lifers are forcing to have children that they do not want. In some zealotous cases this is true, but not in any way the mainstream of people who oppose abortion. It could be logically argued that the women in question actually DO want the children that they are carrying because:

1) The woman participated in consentual sexual activity.
2) She made the active decision to pursue sexual gratification with a mate
3) She did not take the active procedures to help prevent pregnancy such as the numerous contraceptives available to the open public.

However, that is all common sense and you just can't argue against it. So, where does that leave me? Well....I am not nescessarily pro-choice or pro-life, but I fall in to the crack of reason and have ended up in this "Pro-Option" catagory. In fact, most people fall in to this catagory, but the rampant raging pro-abortion crowd fights tooth and nail for that holy rite and refuses to hear any arguement against it.

What do the Pro-Option crowds suggest? Well, for one....we suggest that if you don't want children then you should either 1) not engage in sexual activity unless you are prepared to face the fact that you might get pregnant, 2) actively pursue other options that don't result in the loss of human life such as Adoption, and 3) take steps to prevent pregnancy such as taking a contraceptive and being smart minded about how you use your body. It's not a difficult thing to do really.

Neal also thinks that the "Anti-Choice" crowd (who aren't really anti-choice, but are in fact anti-abortion.) are mostly men who are just using their patriarchal tyranny (sarcasm) to keep their control on women. You know....I would believe that but that doesnt make sense considering there are more single mothers than single fathers. So, I would assume that men would be the ones who would be MORE likely to favor anything that would remove the "burden" of children. Neal has done his homework, so i'll just take his word for it.

It's not that men wish to control women in regards to child birth. It actually comes down to the idea of ownership. I understand the idea of "it's my body" but the actual truth of the matter is that it's not a womans body that anti-abortionists have an issue with. It's the child that grows within. The fathers are more than just donors and should be treated as such. Did the woman asexually produce this child automatically? No, both parties contributed, so it is common knowledge to take in the consideration of the fathers wishes as well.

Now, there are always exceptions to the rule. Rape, Severe physical/mental illness and deformaties, and a pregnancy that may threaten the life of the mothers. I know how most people feel about these subjects and, personally, I would not be viewed as the most conservative individual in terms of anti-abortion when in regards to thsoe situations. Example: I would choose to save the mother over the child in terms of troubled pregnangy or birth.

Well, Neal's still a great host, and i'm still a big fan. I just think he was way off in calling the lot of us who are actively pro-abortion (especially partial birth) as contributers to the downfall of individual freedom, and basically calling men controlling patriarchs was just way way way off base.

There are -options- available other than Abortion, so I believe that those options should be actively pursued before any consideration of abortion.

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