Congressman Trent Franks [R-AZ] resigns amidst accusations that he pressured his female staff to bear his children as surrogate mothers

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@anon61833566

That is not ironic whatsoever. There are many people both pro-choice and pro-life (using those two common labels for the sides) that would not consider adoption as an option.

My sister for example is pro-choice, but not willing to be an adoptive parent. People like her have a variety of reasoning behind it primarily their desire that their children be their genetic children. For those people using surrogates or invitro and other fertilization methods (some quite extreme) are their choice for having kids.

You or I may not agree with their rationale or reasoning…but it is not ironic.

Ironic would be him opposing abortion as he does, then him pressuring one of his female staff to get an abortion after he sexually assaulted her and got her pregnant. THAT would be ironic.

I find your final example to be one of hypocrisy more than irony.

And though I get what you’re saying, I think your story of your sister doesn’t work. She’s pro-choice. She should be allowed not to consider adopting, without judgment, IMO. Franks is pro-birth; he should back up his convictions by adopting rather than surrogacy. Again, IMO.

I’m sticking with my original statement, and defend my use of “ironic.”