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It’s Not About Babies, It’s About Sex
The sexual revolution is still being fought. With attacks on contraception looming, the battle has arrived at our bedrooms.
Men, myself included, have long taken for granted the responsibility (not to mention the expense and physical imposition) for birth control.
To be blunt, the most I’ve ever had to do is pick up a monthly supply of pills from the drug store on the way home, or just ask, one time, at the start of a sexual relationship, whether my soon to be partner was protected.
As far as preventing pregnancy goes, that’s been the entirety of my burden — and I’ve reaped the benefits of care-free sex over and over again, for years.
It would be nice — ideal, even — if men became greater and more vocal participants in the fight for reproductive justice out of principles of gender equality, and of shared and mutual freedom to control and manage our bodies. No elected official should have the right to dictate or impose reproductive decisions on others, nor they should create and enforce regulations that deprive half of our population of health care that directly impacts their bodies and their present and future lives. Men wouldn’t stand for such impositions on themselves, nor that kind of control over their bodies, so we should stand up for that kind of freedom for others.
