Abortion is a men’s issue, too

Published June 21, 2020 4:00am ET



We live in a culture in which sexual responsibility and its consequences are responsibilities largely placed on women. This Father’s Day, let’s stop talking about abortion and sexual responsibility solely as women’s issues and recognize that they’re men’s issues, too.

The unfair reality is that keeping a pregnancy has far greater consequences for women than for men. More than 80% of single parents are mothers. Mothers are 40% more likely than fathers to say that childcare issues have inhibited their career. Women are eight times more likely than men to be the caretakers for sick children.

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