Thanks for this piece. As a father with a daughter it was an important thing for me to read. I will support her decision if she ever finds herself faced with a similar situation. I read the Cosmopolitan article and your brother Rhys gets right to the heart of the matter when it comes to the end of Roe v. Wade. This is about men having control over others, specifically white men who claim to be Christian, even more specifically, wealthy white men. There's nothing Christian about it. It's dressed up as a moral issue, and for some they may think that's true, but at heart it's about control and nothing more. As an American man I am angry at how my fellow voters turned their backs on the promise of this nation and any progress we've made, and I will continue to use my vote to make "Land of the Free" a reality rather than an increasingly distant dream.
>This amendment would not change the way that abortion is provided in England and Wales. It would not change the time limit. It would not change the requirement for two doctors to sign off on an abortion. It would not change the grounds a woman must meet.
In other words, the law in England would STILL be significantly more restrictive than it's been in Canada without issue since the 1980s.
I learned about this law recently through the Cosmopolitan campaign and I was horrified, to the point where I told a few friends and family members and they flat-out said, "no, that's not true... is it?"
Criminalising abortion at any stage will not make numbers go down – it'll just make women better at hiding. It'll force women away from medical care at a time where they need it most, without fear and without judgement. I don't think a lot of pro-life activists understand that, unfortunately.
Thanks for this piece. As a father with a daughter it was an important thing for me to read. I will support her decision if she ever finds herself faced with a similar situation. I read the Cosmopolitan article and your brother Rhys gets right to the heart of the matter when it comes to the end of Roe v. Wade. This is about men having control over others, specifically white men who claim to be Christian, even more specifically, wealthy white men. There's nothing Christian about it. It's dressed up as a moral issue, and for some they may think that's true, but at heart it's about control and nothing more. As an American man I am angry at how my fellow voters turned their backs on the promise of this nation and any progress we've made, and I will continue to use my vote to make "Land of the Free" a reality rather than an increasingly distant dream.
>This amendment would not change the way that abortion is provided in England and Wales. It would not change the time limit. It would not change the requirement for two doctors to sign off on an abortion. It would not change the grounds a woman must meet.
In other words, the law in England would STILL be significantly more restrictive than it's been in Canada without issue since the 1980s.
Thank you so much for sharing this, Emily - loved working with you on the feature. Appreciate your voice in this space.
Jenni x
I learned about this law recently through the Cosmopolitan campaign and I was horrified, to the point where I told a few friends and family members and they flat-out said, "no, that's not true... is it?"
Criminalising abortion at any stage will not make numbers go down – it'll just make women better at hiding. It'll force women away from medical care at a time where they need it most, without fear and without judgement. I don't think a lot of pro-life activists understand that, unfortunately.