A response to the previous post and my reply

"I don't really understand the reasoning behind your concern about women not being able to receive abortions from military medical facilities. And yes, I'm a man, so I'll admit I don't understand the female mindset.

I'd like to think (as unreasonable as that may be) that military service should not be a huge sex party, complete with morning-after pills, and emergency abortions. Whatever happened to accepting responsibility for your actions? I also don't understand the theory that any kind of animal testing, or a person wearing a fur coat is a huge crime, but having an abortion is no big deal...just because it's the woman's right to choose. Why are animals protected, and children not? I thought liberals liked to stand up for the little guy. Seems to me that in this age of STDs running rampant, that these folks that love to tell everybody how they should live, could exercise a little common sense in birth control and contraception.

You also might remember back to the wonderful Clinton years, where the military was darn near budget cut out of existence. To heck with equipping the soldiers with what they need to defend our country, we'd rather have abortions on demand for our servicewomen. Give me a break.

Like I said, I'm a man and don't understand the woman mindset completely, but there's my two cents worth.

Garry"

And, my reply to Garry is:

"I'd like to think (as unreasonable as that may be) that military service should not be a huge sex party, complete with morning-after pills, and emergency abortions. Whatever happened to accepting responsibility for your actions?"

*****Many of our service women, even in the year 2007, are subjected to sexual harassment and even rape- yes, I said RAPE- by their fellow soldiers. Pregnancies result- remember Lynndie England, for example. I am sure there are many more.

*****It's also amazing to me how male service members have access to Viagra, and other male sexual enhancement drugs and NOBODY questions THAT; but service women aren't supposed to have access to contraceptive services and abortions which are still LEGAL, despite the efforts of the right-wing women-hating losers.

"I'd like to think (as unreasonable as that may be) that military service should not be a huge sex party"

*****Garry, the MEN are part of the so-called sex party, and should be taking responsibility for their actions, too. Too often, throughout history, men DON'T take responsibility.

"You also might remember back to the wonderful Clinton years, where the military was darn near budget cut out of existence."

*****Garry, actually the Clinton years WERE wonderful, compared to the unholy mess that this county is in now, thanks to Bush and Cheney, and the right-wing agenda. I don't know about the military being cut out of existence. but Bill Clinton brought us 8 years of peace and prosperity. People had jobs; people could make ends meet; many people even had extra money in their pockets. Bill Clinton opened the strategic reserve to keep the cost of gas lower for the working people. Now, people are suffering, both in this country and in Iraq. The only winner of this war will be Halliburton and the subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root, the former of which was Dick Cheney's former employer (GEE! What a coincidence!). I long for those wonderful days when we had a President who cared about the people of this country in office, and not a bunch of robber baron war profiteers.