REALLY ??

The topic today is abortion. Apparently John McCain was considering a VP running mate who was rather on the pro-choice end of the spectrum...allegedly. John McCain appears to have said that abortion was not the only issue that mattered in the run for the big white house, but was only one of the issues. John McCain has never met my mother. My mother is one of those staunch pro-lifers who will take the list provided by the Catholic church of acceptable candidates to vote for and that will be the ONLY issue she will vote on. Unfortunately, my mother does NOT stand alone and there are millions just like her. The only difference I can note is what "church" provides them with their list of "acceptable candidates" worthy of a vote. When the list comes from the far right, it only means look out, they also consider things like your stance on that horror which will cause the end of the world as we know it...........(whispers) homos. Once they allow abortions, the homos are next and then the rapture will occur. So, back to abortion.

Abortion is NOT, I repeat NOT, NOT, NOT, NOT, the "problem". Abortion is but one solution to the "problem", which is unwanted pregnancy. The OB-GYN who assisted me in giving birth to my second son performed abortions at Cook County Hosp. According to her, over half of the women who came in for an abortion had NO CLUE how it was that they became pregnant. They either had NO basic understanding of the birds and bees, or they believed one of the many urban myths, such as "you cannot get pregnant the first time you have sex." Considering most of them probably did not know what "sex" was, this is not hard to believe. The one thing she said that struck me to the core was that NOT A SINGLE WOMAN was GLAD to be there. For all of them, this was a very difficult decision that would likely haunt them the rest of their lives.

According to the far right, and they know who they are, the ONLY thing kids today need to know about (dare I say it out loud) sex, is the word abstinence. That's right, just say no. Worked great for Nancy Reagan as well. The problem with abstinence programs is that they don't even begin to scratch the surface of what it is the kids are supposed to be saying no to. If we go back to the very beginning, according the far right, it didn't work that great in the garden either. It always makes me laugh to think that the very first "just say no" campaign was a total failure. They, and they know who they are, always seem to forget this. I say if you want to preach abstinence, do it from a viewpoint that might actually work. Convince the young boys to have at least a modicum of respect for the biatches and hos they plan to screw and teach the young women to respect their own bodies and to fully understand that a male teenager with raging hormones and a boner will say ANYTHING to get in your pants, and NO, he does not "love" you. I have said enough for now.