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Patricia Eddishaw's avatar

These men are obvious enemies.

What has caught me somewhat unprepared is the realization that even some men who are our allies and who will vote for abortion rights - even these men may be frighteningly ignorant about both birth control and abortion. They may "support" us but they aren't able to argue persuasively about the issue.

It may be more of an issue with older men, not sure.

I can think back over my life and remember every birth control I ever used, every oopsie, every late period. Even men that I was intimate with, who I would have thought might have retained some memory of how we avoided pregnancy, have no memory. It wasn't their issue. They didn't experience the side effects of BC, they didn't worry, have sleepless nights, didn't cry in relief. They just inhabit a different world.

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Zach's avatar

Exactly. So long as these laws remain on the books we the people need to make it so difficult to enforce them that they're effectively nullified.

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