It has been said before, but if men got pregnant abortion would be a sacrament.  And further, I think it would popularized on TV just like Viva Viagra!  We have a long way to go before we see Viva Vagina! If such a thing is even imaginable, we are supposed to laugh at that and not take it seriously because it is a women’s issue.  Viagra is covered by medical insurance. I know of nothing which enables women to have orgasms as being covered by medical insurance.

And thus abortion, which does not equate in the world today of men as do orgasms (though of course men’s orgasms are sanctioned by medical insurance), is still a "women’s issue" and as such will continue to be wrought with guilt and responsibilities…on women.  And this in a world that still does not pay women equal wages to men.  Yet we are to have the pregnanacy to full term.  Then if the man opts out, he will take off for parts unknown, leaving the underpaid woman to support the "family."  This has happened time and time again and will continue for some time.  This is all of particular significance to low-income women who are often (though not always) also undereducated and unaware of the guilt being imposed on them to take on full responsibility for a the effects of a man’s lust by supplying often the complete financial burdeon of all.

We need to stop with the guilt and start equalizing the playing field more.  As President Obama has advocated, women need encouragement to become educated. (Though there are plenty of well-educated, yet under paid women so education alone is not the only issue, equality in the job market/financial world needs to happen!) When we advocate for an equal playing field, women will begin to receive more power and thus not allow men to dominate in the bedroom.  They will learn to take responsibility of conception seriously and guard their sacred womb with great diligence, not giving in to any old whim. They will teach this idea of women’s importance and the sacredness of conception to both their daughters and their sons.  This will result also in less rapes.

And with regard to doctors not finding out the woman was pregnant, that is still going on!  That is because women are not being listened to and are taught to ignore their own thoughts and feelings as unimportant. These doctors, today, that continue to exhibit this sexism are now just as often women as well as men.  We continue to live in a patriarchial society which focuses on the needs and wants of men, especially rich men, of every background and color.  You cannot make a racial remark without serious punishment as we have seen in the media in recent years.  But anyone can put down women without penalty!  And that includes other sexist, patrifocal women. Medicine is very much a part of our  patriarchial society.  Holistic medicine, a part of perhaps all if not most ancient societies, has been laughed at and ignored.  However, as more people, male and female, begin to realize that they will never be completely happy and will never be in the complete know, until they begin to look at things holistically.  Holistic philosophies are more eqalitarian and thus less patriarchial.  Our world is in the midst of transforming to a holistic model.  I have been devoted  educating myself in this and providing others with ideas of holistic living. For more information, check out my blog at: http://greanwitch.spaces.live/blog

L

Awesome post AR…you took the words right out of my mouth. My husband and I knew, after our last child, that we did not want any more. So we looked into the options, and decided that I would have my tubes tied (I was already having a c-section, so we just had them do that at the same time). The point is, we made the decision AS A COUPLE…we discussed it, looked into it, and made it together, which is what people in a committed relationship/marriage SHOULD do…not just leave things like that to chance.