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It is not the Y chromosome that makes men less qualified to talk about abortion. It is your lack of a womb and a vagina that makes you less qualified. You do not have to be confronted with your fertility every day. You do not bleed regularly. You do not risk pregnancy whenever you have sex. You do not have to ever carry a foetus to term, to give birth, to breastfeed, to take time off work, hamper your career, risk poverty and ill health due to pregnancy. You do not have your internal organs turned into a public place for people to debate over, legislate over and pronounce over. Therefore you find it very easy to see abortion as a optional extra for this “other”, these women. And you then see women as selfish or individualistic for making these demands for rights you don’t need.

Naomi Mc, on why it is impossible to be left-wing & pro-life. (eta I know that some men have vaginas & that not every woman can get pregnant from having sex, either due to anatomy, biochemistry or choice of partner, but the generalisation is a good one to make a point)
7 months ago
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