This is my response to Mike Fair’s post, that he has now deleted.
Actually, abortion coercion, by men against women, as well as the systemic/economic coercive control waged against mothers, are top drivers of elective abortion.
If we ended all forms of exploitation of women’s bodies, and abortion coercion, then the demand for elective abortion would nearly disappear.
I do agree that BOTH men & women should take more responsibility.
Like many women, my first pregnancy was a result of some form of coercion. I also refused to succumb to my husband’s subsequent demand to kill my child, a child that he decided to create. Unfortunately, many women lack the same strength and suffer the trauma of a coerced abortion.
I simply call on fathers, especially those who used some form of coercion to impregnate her in the first place, to acknowledge that they had a little bit of bigger hand in the creation of this child than they let on, and to be more aware of the deep harms caused by player culture.