Several friends and I were driving
near Street Road, and in the distance
along the shoulder came the
blurry figure of a person carrying
something on his back.
We get closer, and the blurry figure
turns into the shape of a man,
carrying a . wooden cross? The
cross was easily 6-feet tall and
aided in transportation by two little
wheels.
“What the Hell is he doing?”
asked one of my friends asked as
we passed him. It hadn’t occurred
to us where he was going: the
abortion clinic just down the road.
For sheer lack of something better
to do we decided to swing by
the clinic to check out the protesters
and yell some rude things to
them. Not because they are
protesting abortion, but because
they are in a large group of people,
standing outside in the cold; a.k.a.
fair game.
We get to the clinic and there’s a
decent-sized group of protesters
outside of it with picket signs,
banners, pro-life shirts everywhere,
as well as the police, so we
held off on yelling and went about
our business.
However, when we left there
was something bothering me. Not
until returning to my house did I
realize that there were way more
male protesters then female ones.
Everyone has the right to believe
what they want to believe. If you
think abortion is evil and the girl’s
that go there are evil as well, that’s
fine. If you believe that a woman
should have the right to choose and
nobody can tell them what to do
with their bodies, that’s perfectly
understandable.
But it is my opinion that a guy
should never be able to tell a
woman what they can do with their
body unless they’re the father.
Even if my girlfriend got pregnant,
the final decision would be
hers and hers alone. Before the
accusation of me being a coward
gets shouted out, please, allow me
to better explain myself.
If I found myself in such a lifechanging
situation, I would support
her final decision, but I would
give my input, of course.
If I feel that bringing a child into
this world when I am not emotionally
and financially capable
of taking care of is unwise, I would
tell her that; but it’s still her choice.
If I feel that I’m ready to bring a
child into this world and start the
next chapter in my life, great. But
it’s her choice.
Where does a guy get the nerve
to tell a girl what she can and cannot
do with her body?
A man can’t possibly imagine
what’s on her mind, what she feels
knowing that there is a person
growing inside of her.
And that’s why I think that she
should have the final say in it.
Because at the end of the day, after
her husband or boyfriend has left,
she is the one that has to go to
sleep. When she wakes up in the
morning, she’s the one that has to
look at her face in the mirror.
So if you find yourself in that situation,
support your girl no matter
what she decides to do, and don’t
try to force her into doing something
that she might regret for the
rest of her life.
We all have our reasons for our
beliefs. Some people believe in
life because of their religion or
moral values.
I’m pro-choice, because while
doing construction work I was
robbed by a pack of 14-year-old
kids with knives and bats. I wonder
if abortion was legal at the time
those hoodlums’ mothers were
pregnant, would there have been
fewer of them? Would any of those
little punks have been there?
We all have our reasons and if
you think that people who have
abortions are sinners who will
burn in Hell, fine, let them burn.
But don’t waste your ever-soimportant
time to go picket outside
of an abortion clinic, screaming,
“Murderer” at those who have
made a decision to not bring a
child into the world.
Especially if you’re a guy, you
don’t know what it’s like, neither
do I, so how about the male gender
as a whole back off of a touchy
issue which we really have no
place in anyway.