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Let me premise this with, I am Catholic. I am proud to be Catholic. I am not always proud of the Catholic church or all of its teachings however. I personally agree with the Church’s stance on abortion. I believe it is wrong and I could never personally do it. But I also believe that this is my belief and that governments probably shouldn’t have the right to force that belief on all.

In a Catholic magazine that my old parish gave Jason and I a subscription to there is an article about men and abortion. It talks about the devestating effects that abortion can have on men psychologically. Most of us think of abortion in terms of a woman’s right to chose. But is there/should there be something such as a man’s right to chose?

I think this issue brings up some interesting dilemas. One would think that in the end the woman’s choice would overrule since it is her body that will be inconvenienced for 9+ months…. but the child is still technically half of the man’s…. So why should a woman have the sole choice to end a life that is only half hers to end? How and should men be allowed more say? This would bring up some interesting possibilities… Would a man who refused to have his child aborted need to find a host mother to carry the fertilized egg?

I am interested in hearing people’s opinions about this. This is an aspect of abortion that I had never really thought about or considered until today…

While going to a site I visit now and then I noticed this. A court has ruled that a woman at a Nevada casino was not wrongly fired when she was fired for refusing to wear makeup. This MIGHT be understandable had she been told it was part of the job description when she took the job, but it seems like she had been an employee for many years and this rule was new. As someone who does not wear makeup this is so absurd to me…. We are stepping back quite a few decades here… I must say I am quite dissapointed.