A Day Late

It's a day late but in honesty, I just found about it today. If I had known there was a day in which to blog for Choice, I surely would have blogged about this yesterday. Everyone has their issues- no not THOSE issues- those social and/or political issues that they support, feel passionate about; those issues that drive them to activism. Surprise! Reproductive Rights is one of mine. As individualist and moderate as I am, is it any real wonder that I am Pro-Choice? It shouldn't be.

Interestingly enough, "Boston Legal" (one of my favorite TV shows) had a very interesting episode last night, on the the 35th anniversary of Roe V. Wade. Coincidence? Could be but I doubt it. At any rate, one the regular looney clients stole a man's sperm and got herself pregnant at a clinic and the man, not wishing to be a father, sued her. The looney client retained Shirley, a partner at the firm as counsel and the man retained, Alan, an associate as his. They were looking for the judge to order Shirley's client to have an abortion since she stole the sperm and got herself pregnant without his permission.

It's too bad you can't yet view the full episodes of Boston Legal at the ABC site  because I would surely recommend you see it. The episode addressed many issues about reproductive rights for both men and women, one of them being that some women feel that if they are not asking the man to be involved in any way in the kid's life or decide to terminate the pregnancy and tell the man after the fact, it's entirely okay to do so. Many women feel justified, even righteous in traveling down that road. Is it acting with integrity? Not in my book.

Doesn't this take a man's choice away from him? Shouldn't he be afforded the same reproductive rights as a woman, all things supposedly being equal? According to the law, as I understand it, no. Once the sperm leaves his body, it is no longer his. This is rarely an issue for women because our eggs are long dead when they exit our bodies every month. Yes, there is the whole egg donor thing, but that is better saved for another post as would be the accusations that I am not a "real feminist" because I believe men have rights too.