Back when I was in college and getting radicalized, one of the major political arguments in favor of my pro-choice beliefs was the theory that removing abortion from the table essentially turned women into walking incubators. The alternative view: women can consider themselves fully functioning members of society—until they get pregnant, or are at risk of getting pregnant. After that, well, think of the children and give up your control over your health and your body.
As it seems to me that every woman between the ages of fifteen and fifty are at least nominally at risk of getting pregnant, this is a no-brainer. As it also seems to me that there is absolutely no situation where a man is ordered to give up his own freedoms in such a way, well, it seems to me that any self-respecting man should agree with me.
That’s why I’m posting this link: as a member of the “have not spawned” community, it seems to me that most of my peer group goes a little batshit crazy about monitoring the absolutely perfect health of their offspring (as if that were possible), and it’s 1,000 times worse for pregnant women. Sure, it’s easy to stay on the side of opposing laws that restrict a woman’s freedom—but in the case of women who voluntarily do so in order to abide by societal rules, well, the problem seems to be getting worse with no easy fix.