{"id":2340603,"date":"2024-09-13T08:45:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T12:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/do-dems-believe-men-get-a-choice-whether-their-children-live\/"},"modified":"2024-09-13T08:49:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T12:49:51","slug":"do-dems-believe-men-get-a-choice-whether-their-children-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/do-dems-believe-men-get-a-choice-whether-their-children-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Dems Believe Men Get A Choice Whether Their Children Live?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdo-dems-believe-men-get-a-choice-whether-their-children-live%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2340603&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a\u200d recent debate, Vice President Kamala Harris emphasized \u2064her commitment\u200b to protecting \u2064abortion rights, \u2063framing it \u2062as a fundamental freedom for women \u200dto\u2064 make decisions about\u200b their own bodies. This stance has been\u2063 a cornerstone of her campaign, positioning abortion rights \u200cabove the right to life, a departure from the \u200bprevious Democratic perspective of\u2063 abortion being &#8220;safe, legal, and rare.&#8221; Minnesota Governor Tim Walz supported\u200d Harris, asserting the importance of \u2063respecting personal choices. <\/p>\n<p>Transportation \u200cSecretary Pete Buttigieg raised the question of \u2062how &#8220;reproductive freedom&#8221; \u200dapplies to \u200dmen, arguing that men gain freedom in\u200c a society where abortion is accessible. However, the \u2062article contends that men \u2064often lack \u200dany <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-lawmaker-pushes-sex-ed-overhaul-teaching-gender-identity-to-5-year-olds-anal-sex-to-11-year-olds\/\" title=\"New York Lawmaker Pushes Sex Ed Overhaul: Teaching \u2018Gender Identity\u2019 To 5-Year-Olds, \u2018Anal Sex\u2019 To 11-Year-Olds\">decision-making power<\/a> regarding pregnancies they are involved in, \u2063highlighting ongoing \u2062issues in cases like \u2063Hunter\u200d Biden\u2019s relationship with his child, Navy\u2064 Joan Roberts. \u2063Biden&#8217;s family, including President Biden, \u2062has reportedly ignored \u2063the \u2062child&#8217;s\u2063 existence despite advocating for women&#8217;s rights to choose.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064article critiques the \u2062Democratic narrative on reproductive \u2064rights, arguing that while\u200c they \u2064claim \u2062to support \u200cchoice, they are fundamentally pro-abortion. It\u2063 also \u2064points\u2062 to the troubling \u2064implications of bringing men into the conversation\u200c about abortion, such as potential coercion in decisions about unwanted\u200b pregnancies. The alarming rates of violence against \u200dpregnant women are cited to reflect the \u2064dangers associated\u200b with reproductive choices when shared decision-making is\u2064 absent. <\/p>\n<p>the\u200b piece calls for a clearer understanding of \u2063what &#8220;reproductive freedom&#8221; \u2063truly\u2062 encompasses within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weekend-media-wrap-vol-23-what-you-missed-if-you-werent-glued-to-the-sunday-shows\/\" title=\"Weekend Media Recap: Catch Up on Sunday Shows Highlights\">current political\u2063 discourse<\/a>, particularly regarding the complexities faced by women \u2063and\u2062 children involved.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kamala Harris touted herself as a champion for abortion in Tuesday&rsquo;s debate, framing this life-and-death issue as a basic freedom. She <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript\/story?id=113560542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told viewers<\/a> she would &ldquo;be a president that will protect our fundamental rights and freedoms, including the right of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This theme of abortion as &ldquo;freedom&rdquo; has run throughout her campaign, placing so-called abortion rights above the right to life and moving far beyond the former Democrat position of abortion being &ldquo;safe, legal, and rare.&rdquo; Tim Walz stands firmly with Harris, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2024\/aug\/07\/kamala-harris-tim-walz-vp-election-campaign-updates?page=with:block-66b3c4448f08cfa81aaffa79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">famously declaring<\/a>: &ldquo;We respect our neighbors and the personal choices they make, even if we wouldn&rsquo;t make the same choices for ourselves, because we know there&rsquo;s a golden rule, mind your own damn business.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg raised an interesting question: What does &ldquo;reproductive freedom&rdquo; mean for <em>men<\/em>? Speaking at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hfqPA5TqAxE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;White Dudes for Harris&rdquo; event<\/a>, Buttigieg encouraged men to support Harris because he said abortion benefits them. He argued that &ldquo;men are also more free in a country where we have a president who stands up for things like access to abortion care.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg is right that abortion is a men&rsquo;s issue &mdash; but not for the reasons he thinks. In law, men today have <em>no <\/em>freedom of choice when a woman is pregnant with the unborn child they helped create. It may <em>feel <\/em>like freedom if a man agrees with a woman&rsquo;s choice to end the life of her unborn child, but it&rsquo;s entirely different if the man and woman have different views on their unborn child&rsquo;s future. Hunter Biden&rsquo;s ongoing parental fight demonstrates this well.<\/p>\n<p>Lunden Roberts, the mother of Hunter Biden&rsquo;s child Navy Joan Roberts, shared her struggle to have her child recognized by the Biden family in her new book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhorsepublishing.com\/9781510782297\/out-of-the-shadows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Out of the Shadows<\/a><\/em>. Though Joe Biden is no longer running for reelection, the Biden family&rsquo;s response to this child&rsquo;s existence &mdash; and the deafening silence by Democrat Party leaders throughout the Biden administration &mdash; raises deep questions for Kamala Harris and the Democrat Party on just what they mean by &ldquo;reproductive freedom.&rdquo; If a woman has the right to kill her unborn child, then she inherently also has the right to protect that child&rsquo;s life &mdash; but it seems that while Democrats claim to be &ldquo;pro-choice,&rdquo; what they really mean is &ldquo;pro-abortion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Marking the first anniversary of the <em>Dobbs <\/em>decision in June 2023, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/06\/23\/remarks-by-president-biden-in-a-political-event-with-reproductive-rights-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vowed<\/a> that he would &ldquo;fight to restore these protections of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> and make it the law of the land once again.&rdquo; He added, &ldquo;We will not let the most personal decisions fall in the hands of politicians instead of women and their doctors.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But even as he campaigned to restore a woman&rsquo;s so-called &ldquo;right to choose,&rdquo; President Biden and his family refused even to acknowledge the child that his son Hunter co-created. In fact, the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/11\/27\/the-bidens-would-rather-snub-all-their-grandkids-than-hang-a-christmas-stocking-for-navy-roberts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">twice honored<\/a> each of the Biden grandchildren with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/nov\/28\/biden-family-christmas-stockings-exclude-hunters-o\/%23:~:text=%25E2%2580%259CThe%2520nine%2520stockings%2520hanging%2520above,widow%2520Hallie%252C%2520Natalie%2520and%2520Hunter.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christmas stockings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/23\/biden-grandchild-no-7-magnifies-the-male-privilege-of-joe-and-his-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">except Navy Joan<\/a>. Hunter himself did his best to ignore his child, only acknowledging her when an Arkansas judge forced him to as part of a court settlement <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/06\/20\/hunter-biden-baby-mama-luden-roberts-settle-child-support-dispute-with-first-sons-payments-slashed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">last year<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Bidens&rsquo; treatment of Navy Joan brings back memories of the days when women were whisked away from their families in shame, and their babies were deemed &ldquo;illegitimate&rdquo; on their birth certificates if they lived to see the light of day. Are we truly any better today, when social values and family structures have changed so profoundly?<\/p>\n<p>Buttiegeg&rsquo;s comment could also harm both women and children by encouraging men to pressure women into unwanted abortions. Harvard&rsquo;s T.H. Chan School of Public Health <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/news\/hsph-in-the-news\/homicide-leading-cause-of-death-for-pregnant-women-in-u-s\/\">reported in 2022<\/a> that homicide is a leading cause of death for pregnant women in the United States and said that &ldquo;control over a woman&rsquo;s reproductive choices often plays a role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-19-pandemic-drives-record-breaking-number-of-drug-overdoses\/\" title=\"COVID-19 Pandemic Drives \u2018Record Breaking\u2019 Number Of Drug Overdoses\">intimate partner violence<\/a>.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Just last month, Kirsten Castle was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2024\/08\/15\/san-mateo-womans-boyfriend-suspected-of-strangling-her-authorities-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">killed in her home<\/a> in San Mateo, California. She was eight months pregnant. Police arrested her boyfriend, Andrew Coleman, who, if convicted, could face the death penalty or life in prison without parole. In other recent cases, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13271287\/pregnant-woman-murdered-sweden-suspected-honour-killing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">man in Sweden<\/a> allegedly strangled his pregnant girlfriend to death, after she reportedly refused to abort the baby, because he feared introducing her to his mother, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13106125\/Cheating-husband-killed-girlfriend-unborn-child-woodland-solve-complication-pregnant-mistress-court.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">man in England<\/a> allegedly stabbed his pregnant mistress to death to avoid the &ldquo;complication&rdquo; of their unborn baby.<\/p>\n<p>Americans need to be far clearer on what Democrats&rsquo; abortion euphemisms, such as &ldquo;reproductive freedom&rdquo; and the &ldquo;right to choose,&rdquo; really mean. As the Bidens&rsquo; case shows, men should have an equal stake in their children&rsquo;s futures &mdash; not the &ldquo;freedom&rdquo; to take their lives in utero, as Buttigieg says, but the ability to choose life and the need to support both their offspring and their offspring&rsquo;s mothers. As abortion debates heat up across the country, it&rsquo;s clear we need laws that reflect the sanctity of life and the duties of both mothers and fathers in caring for their children.<\/p>\n<p>Including men in the conversation also brings much-needed attention to the responsibilities associated with sex &mdash; not only to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liver-trouble-could-be-signaled-by-this-stomach-symptom\/\" title=\"Liver Trouble Could Be Signaled By This Stomach Symptom\">practice safe sex<\/a> or to abstain from it if you aren&rsquo;t ready to care for children but also to choose your sexual partners more carefully.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the debate on abortion must go beyond <em>pregnancy<\/em> to improving <em>parenthood<\/em> so that children have the best chance at life. The answer is not necessarily &ldquo;big government&rdquo;; religious and volunteer organizations as well as strong families and communities should also step up to help men and women care for their children well inside and outside the womb. Americans must do more to make it easier for mothers and fathers to choose life.<\/p>\n<p>True &ldquo;reproductive freedom&rdquo; would invite men to recognize their responsibilities as fathers, allow mothers to flourish with maximum support, and ensure the next generation gets to exercise their right to life and happiness. Getting parenthood right could not only build consensus on the abortion issue but also help future generations lead better, more fulfilling lives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tony Perry is an analyst and author from Oklahoma living in England. His books include <a href=\"https:\/\/anthonyperryauthor.com\/a-fathers-choice\/\">A Father&rsquo;s Choice<\/a>, a memoir describing abortion from a man&rsquo;s point of view.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kamala Harris presented herself as a strong advocate for abortion during Tuesday&#8217;s debate, portraying this critical issue as a fundamental freedom. She assured viewers that she would &#8220;be a president who safeguards our essential rights and freedoms, including a woman&#8217;s right to make choices about her own body without government interference.&#8221; This concept of abortion as &#8220;freedom&#8221; has been a consistent theme in her campaign, prioritizing so-called abortion rights over the right to life and moving away from the traditional Democratic stance of making abortion &#8220;safe, legal, and rare.&#8221; Tim Walz expressed his support for Harris by stating: \u201cWe respect our neighbors and their personal choices, even if we wouldn\u2019t choose the same for ourselves because we believe in the golden rule: mind your own business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg raised an intriguing point regarding what &#8220;reproductive freedom&#8221; means for men. At a \u201cWhite Dudes for Harris\u201d event, he urged men to back Harris by claiming that access to abortion is beneficial for them. He suggested that \u201cmen are also freer in a country where we have a president who advocates for access to abortion care.\u201d While Buttigieg is correct that abortion impacts men\u2014though not necessarily in the way he believes\u2014current laws leave men with no choice when it comes to pregnancies they helped create. A man may feel free if he agrees with his partner\u2019s decision to terminate an unborn child; however, this feeling changes dramatically if their views differ on the future of that child.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing custody battle involving Hunter Biden illustrates this well. Lunden Roberts, mother of Hunter Biden\u2019s daughter Navy Joan Roberts, detailed her struggle in getting recognition from the Biden family in her book *Out of the Shadows*. Although Joe Biden is no longer campaigning for reelection, his family&#8217;s response\u2014or lack thereof\u2014to Navy Joan raises significant questions about what Kamala Harris and Democrats truly mean by \u201creproductive freedom.\u201d If women have the right to end their unborn child&#8217;s life, they should also possess the right to protect it; yet Democrats often seem more aligned with being &#8220;pro-abortion&#8221; than genuinely pro-choice.<\/p>\n<p>On June 2023&#8217;s first anniversary of the Dobbs decision, President Biden pledged to fight reinstating Roe v. Wade protections into law again. He stated emphatically that personal decisions should remain between women and their doctors rather than politicians. However, despite advocating for women&#8217;s so-called \u201cright to choose,\u201d President Biden has not acknowledged Hunter&#8217;s child at all; notably excluding Navy Joan from Christmas stockings given out at The White House while honoring other grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>The Bidens\u2019 treatment of Navy Joan evokes memories of past societal shaming towards unwed mothers whose children were labeled as \u201cillegitimate.\u201d Are we truly better off today when social values have shifted so significantly? Furthermore, Buttigieg\u2019s remarks could inadvertently encourage harmful behavior among men towards women regarding unwanted abortions.<\/p>\n<p>Research from Harvard\u2019s T.H. Chan School of Public Health highlighted homicide as one leading cause of death among pregnant women in America and noted how control over reproductive choices can contribute significantly toward intimate partner violence.<\/p>\n<p>Recent tragic cases illustrate these dangers: Kirsten Castle was murdered while eight months pregnant; police arrested her boyfriend Andrew Coleman who could face severe penalties if convicted. In another instance abroad\u2014a man allegedly strangled his pregnant girlfriend after she refused an abortion due partly due fear over familial acceptance\u2014and another man stabbed his mistress during pregnancy fearing complications arising from their unborn baby.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial Americans understand what Democratic euphemisms like &#8220;reproductive freedom&#8221; or &#8220;the right to choose&#8221; genuinely entail since cases like those involving Bidens show fathers must equally share responsibility concerning children&#8217;s futures\u2014not merely having &#8216;freedom&#8217; over whether or not they live but rather supporting both mothers &amp; offspring alike through difficult times ahead.<\/p>\n<p>As discussions around abortion intensify nationwide\u2014it becomes evident laws need reflecting both sanctity surrounding life alongside responsibilities shared between parents caring adequately toward children born or yet-to-be-born alike! Including fathers within these conversations emphasizes necessary accountability tied directly back into sexual relationships\u2014encouraging safe practices while choosing partners wisely too!<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately addressing issues surrounding parenthood will enhance chances ensuring children lead fulfilling lives ahead! True reproductive liberty would involve recognizing fatherly duties alongside providing maximum support enabling mothers flourish thereby allowing future generations enjoy rightful opportunities pursuing happiness throughout existence itself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3429,"featured_media":2340604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Man-with-Baby-Kisses.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4294,3925,3933,40812],"class_list":["post-2340603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-children","tag-choice","tag-dems","tag-mens-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Man-with-Baby-Kisses.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2340603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2340604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2340603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2340603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2340603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}