Warren Farrell Quotes
A shared choice movement sees the fetus as the genes of a woman and the genes of a man; the flesh of the woman, the flesh of the man; the bone of a woman, the bone of a man; the responsibility of a woman, the responsibility of a man; the rights of a woman, the rights of a man. It desires a transition to equality.
Farrell, Warren. The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex. Simon & Schuster, 1993.
One of the major motivations for abortion at that time in both England and the United States is the terrible stigma which a child born out of wedlock faced together with the mother. When the stigma of so called “illegitimate children” began to diminish, one of the causes of abortion weakened. Note, that like other feminist leaders of the time, she opposed abortion. However, between the economic pressures and the illegality of birth control devices and information provision, abortion was a critical decision that had to be faced by many women. Later, feminist leadership had to come to grips with the issue of who makes the decision in these areas, and placed the right of the woman to make these decisions, as opposed to husbands, fathers and government, as the highest priority. Then, when the drivers for abortion could not be eliminated, it was women who were criminalized. Feminists then fought for the right of abortion and the right of the woman to make decisions, but feminine leadership has never—in America—been advocates of abortion as opposed to the right of abortion, a subtlety that often is lost.
Warren Thomas Farrell is an American political scientist, activist and author of seven books on men's and women's issues.
