"We Believe That Access to Abortion Is a Basic Human Right" (GQ)

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“..Men have benefited from women having the right to choose.And if you don't know that you've benefited from that, the reasons could either be that a woman was too kind to tell you or that she was afraid to tell you.”

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“We Believe That Access to Abortion Is a Basic Human Right”
The gutting of Roe is a galvanizing moment in American history—and one that urgently requires men to speak up. The Roe Project gathers the diverse perspectives of men united in the belief that access...
8:05 AM · Sep 29, 2022

https://www.gq.com/story/the-roe-project

The gutting of Roe is a galvanizing moment in American history—and one that urgently requires men to speak up. The Roe Project gathers the diverse perspectives of men united in the belief that access to reproductive health care is essential. We hope that by sharing their experiences and their points of view, we can mobilize more men to fight for abortion access.

BY THE EDITORS OF GQ

September 29, 2022


In June, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion in America. Since the initial ruling, trigger laws have gone into effect in many parts of the country, criminalizing the procedure for millions. Senator Lindsey Graham introduced a bill this month that would fully ban abortion after 15 weeks on a federal level.

In the wake of the Supreme Court decision, I heard from women who pointed out that most men weren't affirming support or otherwise acknowledging that this was their problem too. And as we approach the midterm elections, the stakes are high. I took that feedback seriously. We always talk about GQ as a community platform—a platform that we invite others to stand on so that they have the opportunity to be heard. The Roe Project is our way of giving the men in our community the opportunity to speak out in support of abortion rights.

On a personal level, one of the many reasons this issue is important to me is that my wife, Heidi, and I are childless by choice. In order to make that choice and to live that choice, we rely on access to health care—and believe that access to reproductive health care is a fundamental human right. When you follow the debate around abortion, you often hear people say things like, “If you don’t want to become pregnant, don’t make the choices that would lead to pregnancy.” Heidi and I have been married nine years. Can you imagine how that sounds to us? And how it sounds to people who are in far more complex or disempowered circumstances? When you've been married nine years, and you've chosen not to have kids, and somebody’s telling you not to make decisions that would lead to a pregnancy—and legislation and judicial rulings are echoing that perspective—that opinion has invaded your bedroom. It has invaded the most intimate conversations and biggest life decisions between you and your partner. It has invaded your freedom.

So I’m sharing my perspective because these decisions affect Heidi and me. They affect us and everyone we know and everyone we don't know.

I want to add that I respect the opinions of people who believe that abortion is wrong. It’s easy for me to put myself in someone else’s shoes and understand that point of view. I respect people who, if faced with an unwanted pregnancy, would feel morally obligated to have the child. I believe that choice is fundamentally theirs and theirs alone to make, and I have no opinion whatsoever on what they should decide.

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