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Men & Abortion
July 15, 2008 |
What always intrigues me about the abortion debate is how men are relegated to the sidelines.
We are told that a father has no rights unless he is married to the mother and that those rights only kick in after his child is born. It is entirely up to the mother as to whether she even wants to tell the father about their baby.
But what are the consequences to the father of this point of view? For the past thirty-something years, we’ve been led to believe that men don’t care and that, even if they did, it’s just none of their business.
But now, the question of abortion’s impact on men is starting to be addressed.
The cover story in this month’s Columbia magazine published by the Knights of Columbus discusses the issue of men and abortion. The link is to an interview with Dr. Vincent Rue, Ph.D., who is the Director of the Institute for Pregnancy Loss.
It’s enlightening stuff.
