Ev'ry sperm is saaaacred...

[electricland]

This has been preying on my mind since elissa_carey posted it...

"My administration has championed compassionate alternatives to abortion, such as helping women in crisis through maternity group homes, encouraging adoption, promoting abstinence education, and passing laws requiring parental notification and waiting periods for minors," Bush said. - Bush declares National Sanctity of Human Life Day

Yeah, y'know what? I'd have a whole lot more respect for National Sanctity of Human Life day if I could find the word "contraception" in that sentence up there. (Or wait, this is W we're talking about -- make that "birth control". Either way.)

It's this kind of thinking that leads one to call Bush and his pals "anti-choice". Guess what? I'd love for abortion to be obsolete. I'd love it. I don't know any reasonable person who wouldn't. But relying on abstinence and adoption as the alternatives ain't gonna cut it.

Ah well, you know what the Monty Python boys say:

Every sperm is sacred.
Every sperm is great.
If a sperm is wasted,
God gets quite irate.

and also:

MRS. BLACKITT: Hmm. Well, why do they have so many children?
MR. BLACKITT: Because... every time they have sexual intercourse, they have to have a baby.
MRS. BLACKITT: But it's the same with us, Harry.
MR. BLACKITT: What do you mean?
MRS. BLACKITT: Well, I mean, we've got two children, and we've had sexual intercourse twice.

Granted, not totally apropos this thought since it refers to official Catholic opposition to birth control. But I adore that scene, and any excuse to quote Monty Python...

Comments

Re: Just lurking about...

[pariah-ink.livejournal.com]

The extent of communication with my parents was limited to two fumbled attempts by my mother.

First was when I first started dating. I mention the date to my parents, and my mom offers to buy me condoms in a panicky tone of voice. I'd never even kissed a woman by that point, and I'd only known the date in question for about a day. I remember thinking my mom was being rather irrational.

The second was less than a year ago! (I was 22!) "Is she on the pill? Are you using condoms? You should always use both. BOTH!" she says with a slurred harshness that betrays the number of drinks she's had.

Go mom.

Re: Just lurking about...

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Oh dear.

Well, is there anything you'd like to know? ;-)

Re: Just lurking about...

[bryghtboy.livejournal.com]

Aww, come on she bought you Playboy... that's gotta count for something? :) ... Oh wait, you mean those women aren't realistic representations of female sexuality... Oh my gosh... I may actually cry :P

I think your Mom saw that as an investment in grandchildren more than anything else... makes me wonder how I'll react if one of my eventual-theoretical-perhaps children turns out to be gay... cause it seems to be a fairly major issue for parents...