On Abortion

North Carolina protesters rally against proposed abortion restrictions in May | Photo: PolicyMic

Abortion is a hot topic across the nation. This week, North Carolina has been in the spotlight as tension mounts and protesters on both sides come out in droves to promote their sides.

Let me be clear, I don't want to start World War III with this post. As I've said earlier, if you disagree with me fine but, if you find it necessary to express your thoughts, please do so in a mature and professional manner.

First I'll address the N.C. Legislature. WRAL reports a bill that was supposed to be about foreign affairs was overhauled Tuesday - with little to no public notice I might add - into an omnibus bill that included many restrictions on abortion practices in North Carolina.

According to WRAL, Gov. Pat McCrory said in the past that he was against any new restrictions on abortion but Republicans in both the House and Senate have enough of a majority to override a possible veto.

Senator Tom Apodaca, R-Henderson, told WRAL that [the Democrats] routinely forced bills through during  last-minute votes when they were in control of the legislature.

So does that give the GOP a free pass to do the same? Absolutely not. 

For once - and only once - I agree with Gov. McCrory when he told WRAL that this kind of cheap trick of sliding language into unrelated bills is wrong and should be stopped.

Now onto abortion itself.

My stance has always been the same: I don't agree with abortion personally but I will not stand there and tell a woman what she can or can't do with her own body. 

Isn't it bass ackwards how these legislatures, mostly made up of men, can make up laws that tell woman what they can do with their bodies? I feel it's not my position as a man to make those decisions for women.

That's my stance and it will not change.