If all things were the same, but it was men who fell pregnant and gave birth, all things would be different.
this post was submitted on 30 May 2026
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https://spot.colorado.edu/~heathwoo/Phil160,Fall02/thomson.htm -- ANYTHING less is denying the personhood of anyone that can get pregnant.
I kind of think there should be a constitutional amendment preventing legislatures from passing laws restricting the rights on a protected class. Like men can't vote on laws which take rights away from women. Or straight people can't pass laws banning LGBTQ material.
LOL, how do you suppose the protected class will fare if the provider class stops participating as a result?
Straight men can't vote on laws for women and LGBTQ people? Sure, then straight men will also refuse to extend public safety protections and social security nets they provide from their effort to the women and queer. How would that hold?
An interesting idea.
Maybe a whole host of homophobes would pretend to be gay to vote against something, but then realise they actually like this little “pretend” thing. They’d commit to it.
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Shame women don't have the same drive and ingenuity
That wasn’t my point. My point was that the world is run by men. Policymakers and politicians are, in general, men. And since abortion is about giving women freedom over their bodies and life decisions, (most) men don’t allow that. Therefore there’s a very unfair disconnect. My point was that if men were the target of anti-abortion policies, then such policies would by and large not exist.
ETA: As another commenter pointed out, perhaps statistically most men are pro-choice, but unfortunately in general the backwards few who go into and succeed in politics are the ones who make the call.