{"id":16926,"date":"2015-08-11T12:20:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T17:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/?p=16926"},"modified":"2015-08-11T12:20:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T17:20:30","slug":"abortion-is-a-mens-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/simchafisher\/2015\/08\/11\/abortion-is-a-mens-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortion Is a Men&#8217;s Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/358\/2015\/08\/boy-and-salamander.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-16927\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/358\/2015\/08\/boy-and-salamander.jpg\" alt=\"boy and salamander\" width=\"317\" height=\"426\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In great men, two traits go together: strength and control. Power, and the knowledge of how to use that power, and when, and why.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no merit in producing testosterone; but there is great merit, for the whole world, when men learn how to use it, and when they learn how to be in control of it, rather than letting\u00a0it control them.\u00a0Great\u00a0men know when to hold their strength in check, and how to use it for the right things. Great men use their strength to protect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/blog\/simcha-fisher\/abortion-is-a-mens-issue\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the rest at the Register.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo \u00a0of boy holding salamander by Simcha Fisher:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In great men, two traits go together: strength and control. Power, and the knowledge of how to use that power, and when, and why. 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