Can you look at the video below and still say that abortion is ok?

“My lawyers were looking for a young, white woman to be a guinea pig for a great new social experiment, somewhat like Adolf Hitler did.I wanted an abortion at the time, but my lawyers did not tell me that I would be killing a human being. My lawyers did not tell me that I would later come to deeply regret that I was partially responsible for killing 40-50 million human beings,” – Norma McCorvey (aka Jane Roe)

Picture credit: Mongibeddu

I could not pass this image without posting it to my blog (HT Jill Stanek). It has been 10 years since Bill was caught with his pants down, very soon future generations of Americans will have to learn about Bill Clinton’s adventures from the history books. These future generations of Americans may not appreciate the humor of the bumper sticker bellow.

When a man says “I Made A Mistake”, not every one reacts to his statement in the same way. Some of us understand that it takes a mature man to face his past and admit that not everything he did was right. Some of us may look at this man as one who attempts to provoke a contemptuous sorrow for his misery or distress- some one who looks for pity. There are also some who will see in such a statement a hidden political agenda. Ms. Sarah Blustain may be an epitome of the latter two category of people, which is eloquently displayed in her latest writing at The Nation:

Pity the Man: The antiabortion movement has found a new face to exploit for political gain. And it’s male.
By Sarah Blustain

Pity the man who conceived four babies with four women and suffered anxiety attacks and nightmares after all four, with his consent, were aborted. Pity the man who saw his soon-to-be-born baby on an ultrasound and instantly came to believe that he “had killed two of my own kids” through abortion. Pity the man who abused alcohol after his girlfriend aborted. Pity the man who suffered a nervous breakdown, depression, psychosis and nearly suicide after his girlfriend had an abortion despite his pleas…

Now we understand. Pity the man.

The four pages of somewhat angry criticism of pro-life movement by Ms. Blustain due to hit the stands this Monday on the pages of The Nation, but you can read her article online.

Evidently we both have attended the same conference in San Francisco- Reclaiming Fatherhood. However I tend to disagree with everything that Ms. Blustain had written in her latest article.

The men who took stand in front of few hundreds of people they have never seen in their lives, are truly courageous individuals who deserve admiration and respect but not pity. They told their stories without hype and exaggeration. They had the strength to acknowledge that abortion was their worst mistake. They had the wisdom to tell us that abortion was their ultimate delusion. They opened their hearts to show us that abortion was their biggest loss.

Every man who spoke in front of us reminded me of the Prodigal Son from the well known Jesus’ parable. In that parable, the Prodigal Son who found the courage to admit his mistake is not a hero. The true hero of that parable is the loving and forgiving Father.

Although these men took the stage and one by one acknowledged their mistakes, they themselves will tell you that they are not the heroes. They will tell you that the true hero in their story is the loving and forgiving God.

Those who would like to put a political spin on the issue are probably would love this to be just that a “political issue”. But it is not. The pain of abortion is not an illusion. It is real. The effect that abortion has on people’s lives is not imaginary, it is also real and often devastating. And men are not immune to neither.

I have already posted once in the past the video by Flipside. I think it is fitting to include it in this post as well. His song is the song of millions of men around the world.

No, Ms. Blustain it is not about the politics. It takes a Man to say “I made a mistake”.

Obama’s campaigning in Jersey City was all over the local news stations yesterday. Until recently black voters were split in their support between Clinton and Obama. But recent reports in the news seem to indicate that Obama is winning the support of black voters.

Jill Stanek has written an interesting article highlighting Obama’s voting record on abortion. To bring the issue closer to home I offer New Jerseyans following article I have written about abortion statistics in our state.

I have been writing in the past about the conference I have attended in San Francisco. The conference addressed one particular side of abortion that until now has not been widely discussed nor accepted- the complicated aftermath of abortion in men.

I am not surprised that abortion advocates are very upset over such approach. It took years before the abortion advocates began to acknowledge that women can be affected emotionally and psychologically by the procedure, even though they still claim that women that are affected had some psychological and emotional issues before their abortions. When it comes to men pro-abortion side wants them to be mere “sperm providers”. Once their job is over men it is up to the woman whether to carry the pregnancy. In the US a married man has no right to know if his wife had an abortion, if she choses not to tell him.

So it should not be a surprise that abortion advocates cringe at the fact that we finally are acknowledging that men also suffer pain associated with abortion. The author Curvature Blog (I am not linking to the website because the author uses profane language. Also I was banned from the website for voicing an opposing views) is definitely upset over the LA Times article- I highly recommend reading the article.

The conference in San Francisco focused on testimonies of men who shared the pain associated with their abortions, as well as their unique path of healing. The conference also featured professionals in the field of psychology and post abortion counseling, who share their experience and findings in the studies they have conducted.

The bottom line is that some men do feel the pain of abortion. It is time to acknowledge that pain. Main stream media wants to know the truth. Don’t you?

Your government has pushed hard for the initiative of $450 million funding for embryonic the stem cell research, which was overwhelmingly reject by New Jersey voters in November of 2007. This might have been a big surprise for you, since New Jersey had already spent $270 millions on research buildings.

In yesterday speech you have talked about fiscal responsibility and that there is no magic when it comes to money and finances. I am sure most of the New Jerseyans would agree with you on that. However in the light that your government was willing to spend half a billion on the research that has failed to produce a single cure is not an assurance of your government’s will to become fiscally responsible.

New Jersey is one of the states that assists Planned Parenthood with federal and state taxpayers money. According to FY ‘08 state budget two Planned Parenthood affiliates of Mercer County and Central Jersey are to receive over $11 million in both federal and state tax money.

As New Jersey resident I have one question. How much of the money your are planing to raise via proposed initiative will end up paying for abortions and destruction of human embryos?