Reply #84: Okay, hold on a second here...

[flvegan]

"Okay, men, in here..."

"What is it exactly that you don't get?"

Addressing an entire gender like this isn't right. I'm a man. A REAL man. A REAL man because, were I to have sex with a woman, and she got pregnant, it'd be her decision. If she wanted my opinion, she'd get it. However, whatever her CHOICE was, regardless of my opinion, I'd support 100%, no matter what.

To answer your specific questions:

Does my daughter have the right to terminate a pregnancy if she is at risk of dying and leaving 3 small children?
Absolutely, and I'll fight for that right.

Will young girls have the right to terminate a pregnancy or prevent one if, God forbid, they are raped?
Absolutely, and I'll fight for that right.

Do all women have the right to use birth control pills to prevent pregancy to begin with?
Absolutely, and I'll fight for that right.

Are women entitled at all to say what happens to their bodies, or are we chattels beholden to the decision of some all knowing male in our lives?
"Entitled?" Absolutely not. Entitled means given a right by law (at least to me and Webster). Women have the inherent right to say what happens to and with their bodies. Law has nothing to do with it. Women aren't chattel beholden to any decision, male or female, other than their own.

At what point does your academic legal exercise become detrimental to a woman's safety and health?
A woman's safety and health should never be an issue decided by anyone other than that woman. So, I guess, at NO point.

At what point, do we, as women, exist as individuals then?
As soon as you are an individual, that's when.

My point is, some of the fellas are also out there working to beat down these same issues, and really, really don't like get lumped in. I do understand your anger, as I'd be damn pissed too, as I'm not facing what our women kin are. I'd just like different wording. I know, I'm asking for a schism here, and it's petty, but feeling like I'm getting slapped when it's not deserved kind of sucks.