Sunday, October 22, 2017

GOP Congressmen "Do As I Say Not As I Do" Stance on Abortion


Men making abortion decisions for women is troubling in a country that is considered the leading nation of the first world. It is ironic how the U.S. would continue to place the abortion rights of  women into the hands of male majority politicians in Congress when so many of these politicians may not have the capacity to make the right moral choices in their own personal lives. This is an unreasonable award of authority, and it is quite surprising such power has not been greatly challenged by women who see the irony of men making decisions on the woman's body. This type of control is a reminder of the past when white men did not allow women to vote. But, nevertheless, even more ironic is that Congressman Tim Murphy and some Republican congressmen have voted in the past against abortion but subsequently two-timed the American public by pressuring their wives and/or girlfriends and/or mistresses to have abortions in the best interest of maintaining the politicians' careers. These GOP congressmen do a good job of portraying themselves as conservatives who are completely against abortion rights yet they are the first to secretly embrace the policy when they want their significant others to have the medical procedure.  The unconscionable decision to publicly vote against abortion but to support it when it is in their own best interest is an unethical practice that mimics the saying  "do as I say - not as I do".  But, over the years, the deafening silence of women on this issue has empowered men to take charge of  woman's right to make her own decision to have an abortion.

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