Someone recently put out a call on Twitter for male allies in the fight for abortion rights and was deluged with reminders that men don’t have uteruses and therefore have no say in the matter. On the other hand, a blue-check recently said he was not hearing from enough dudes who’d been saved from unwanted fatherhood thanks to the sacrament of abortion. And remember when the New York Times thought it had owned the cons with its hot take that if life begins at conception, then fatherhood begins at conception. By all means, make the father responsible for child support.
Now the Washington Post is reporting that men are getting vasectomies “as an act of love.” One doctor said his practice saw about a 15 percent increase in scheduled vasectomies after the Texas abortion law went into effect on
September 1.
Pro-abortion men are getting vasectomies to protest Texas' abortion law.
“The procedure was a total relief, almost like the covid shot — like I’m safe now,” said Gress, who works in higher education. “I wanted to man up.”https://t.co/R9d6Ub3CXN
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) December 27, 2021
Are they saying that men actually play a part in conception as well? It’s about time someone realized it.
Our plan is working! pic.twitter.com/2b9C0cFYbk
— John Hyde (@JohnFlippinHyde) December 27, 2021
Why didn’t they simply do this before??
— Arthur Boreman Once Held His Breath for 30 Seconds (@ArthurBoreman) December 27, 2021
No praise for it then.
— Laurel Van Driest (@lvandriest) December 27, 2021
This is natural selection. I'm ok with it.
— Michizonan (@michizonan) December 27, 2021
Wow. Almost as if there are other forms of birth control.
— Jon (@jonfw2) December 27, 2021
It’s amazing that the new invention of vasectomy was discovered this week. The world has been waiting for this medical breakthrough for centuries!
— Hippo Chrissy (@hippo_chrissy) December 27, 2021
That’s what they should have done from the start.
— Margaret McLain (@MargaretMcLain5) December 27, 2021
Wonderful news.
— Matt Smith (@MattSmithCFB) December 27, 2021
It's almost as if they finally understood.
— Klabusterbär 🇩🇪 (@Klabu1980) December 27, 2021
Awesome. Self-extinction.
— lisa m (@michelelf8) December 27, 2021
“I’m safe now” — and now, so are we.
— B.T. Mattison (@BT_Mattison) December 27, 2021
Huh. It’s like there were solutions that didn’t involve killing people all along…
— Rachel Simmons (@pleasebenicethx) December 27, 2021
Great! Definitely would not want them spawning more of their own kind.
— Graham Wilson (@grawils84) December 27, 2021
Anyone mentioned to them that this isn’t the flex they thought it was?
— The Evan Principle™ (@EvanPrinciple) December 27, 2021
Your terms are again very acceptable!!
— All praise to the king ✝️🇻🇦 (@keepmeFr33) December 27, 2021
We should start a go fund me account to help ALL of the men that think this is a good idea to get it. We wouldn't want to discriminate or "force" a single one of them to procreate.
— Ashley Dennhardt (@DennhardtAshley) December 27, 2021
To their credit, this is a far more responsible approach than waiting until their partner gets pregnant and then encouraging them to get an abortion
Though, claiming to demonstrate their "pro-abortion" stance by practicing birth control sort of twists logic.
— Mike Moss (@_MikeMoss) December 27, 2021
That it took restrictions on abortion for them to make the switch in strategy is telling.
— Rachel Simmons (@pleasebenicethx) December 27, 2021
The doctor said that “for the first time, patients are citing a state law as their motivating factor.”
"Man up" apparently means "get unnecessary surgery to avoid having to act responsible"
— Andrew, Duke of Dads (@DukeOfTrads) December 27, 2021
We hear that condoms are cheap and plentiful.
Abstinence works like a temporary vasectomy
— Chicago Bulls Cash Considerations (@bulls_cash) December 27, 2021
That too.
Related:
Texas Tribune finds one Texan whose husband’s getting a vasectomy in light of the state’s new abortion law https://t.co/LsVr4msvX4 pic.twitter.com/58vwDU8byK
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 3, 2021
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