The same reasons for men to be involved in the issue of contraception exist that always have; raising children is too important to do solely by accident.
Hugo Schwyzer wrote in these pages about the uncertainty that exists after unprotected sex, and of his certainty in what makes a man, a father.
If you have ever answered, offhandedly, the question, “Do you have kids?” with “Not as far as I know,” read Hugo’s essay before you answer that question again.
As Lisa Hickey says, “If this doesn’t make a case for more men being involved in the contraception questions, I don’t know what does.”
The question of abortion should involve men more. One of the most popular posts on the GMP (so popular that it crashed our servers) is of a man talking back to anti-abortion protesters outside the clinic where his wife was having an abortion.
The message for men about abortion is not only to tell men to support women, but to be reminded that men are also involved, are asking themselves difficult questions, too, and also suffer emotionally. It’s time to ask whether there are any resources to support the men involved in abortions.
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In the first half of a series on the U.S. Affordable Care Act, Greg Peterson asks for even more: the same access to health care coverage under federal law that is guaranteed to women. Think vasectomies, family planning counseling, and even reproductive cancers are covered under the Act? Check again.
At the same time that men’s contraception is being stalled in trials, s men’s reproductive rights are being actively attacked in US Congress. Misty McLaughlin reminds us that reproduction takes (at least) two.
Justin Cascio writes Mafia Genealogy, where he finds clues to the crimes of capital-F Families in kinship networks. You can follow him on Twitter, Quora, and Facebook.
Could someone explain to me how _removing_ one of men’s two birth control options is equivalent to allowing some employers not to cover via insurance women’s reproductive options?
I’m finding myself incredibly depressed that more people don’t realize the… inequality here.
Could someone explain to me how _removing_ one of men’s two birth control options is equivalent to allowing some employers not to cover via insurance women’s reproductive options?
I’m finding myself incredibly depressed that more people don’t realize the… inequality here.