It’s not a far stretch to link male predominance in the antiabortion movement to the conservative Christian, right-wing ideal of the patriarchal male role in the family unit—the breadwinner, the provider, the caregiver, the protector. The decision maker. The knower of what’s best. Whether we’re ready to admit it or not, it still seems to persist that the idea of abortion and bodily autonomy may be perceived as a threat to masculinity. If not outright, then certainly in subtle, subconscious ways.
