Plain talk about "the abortion issue": it is not now nor has it ever been about "saving babies".

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38. Changing the Way Abortion is Discussed

I have been reading Democratic Underground for decades, but only recently became a member. This is my second post. I have sent a letter to my Democratic state legislators asking them to enact an Abortion Accountability Act. My comments included the following:
The way that abortion is now discussed is wrong. Many Republican legislatures, their voters, and supporters and conservative religious groups continue to ignore the obvious: There are two partners in an abortion. Those two partners are NOT a woman and her doctor. Those two partners are a man and a woman.
We need to include men in the discussion of abortion. Women don’t magically become pregnant. There is a man involved in every pregnancy: planned, unplanned, and unwanted. For every unplanned, unwanted, and life-threatening pregnancy that ends in abortion, there is a man involved.
The red state legislators’ antiabortion laws are labeling women and their doctors criminals. If abortion, used for any reason, is a crime, both partners in that crime, a man and a woman, must be held equally accountable.
Abortion Accountability Act
Change the way that abortion is discussed by introducing and enacting an Abortion Accountability Act to hold both partners in a pregnancy, a man and a woman, accountable.
Whereas a pregnancy involves both a man and a woman, any discussion about abortion must include both the man and the woman.
Abortion Accountability Acts must include these two provisions:
- If the two partners in a pregnancy, a man and a woman, agree to end the pregnancy, the full costs of an abortion must be equally shared.
- On the other hand, if the two partners, a man and a woman, agree to carry the pregnancy to full term, such shared expenses should include the costs of maternal and childcare and the costs of raising the child until the child reaches the age of adulthood.

If we could get a few blue state legislatures to enact such Abortion Accountability Acts, we could change the way that abortions are discussed. Please feel free to use any or all of my comments and write to your Democratic state legislators.