Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion

by Gabrielle Stanley Blair

(It creates one of those fun double binds women get to deal with—if she has condoms, she’s a slut, but if she doesn’t have condoms, she’s irresponsible.)

You’re asking the woman to be responsible for her actions and also for the man’s actions.

If a man can easily prevent unwanted pregnancies by controlling his own actions, but he’s only interested in preventing unwanted pregnancies if women are controlling the actions, it seems like he’s much more interested in controlling women than he is in reducing unwanted pregnancies. I

Don’t ask: Why don’t women pick better men? Instead, ask: Why are there so many abusive men? And: Why don’t we teach men not to abuse?

Going through pregnancy and childbirth in the United States is nearly 1.5 times as likely to kill you as traffic accidents

The leading cause of death for pregnant women in the United States is homicide, usually at the hands of an intimate partner.

a pregnant woman is more likely to die due to that pregnancy than a police officer is to be killed on the job.

The health department in Colorado reported that every dollar spent on that birth control initiative saved $5.85 for Colorado’s Medicaid program.

In addition to free and accessible birth control, good sex education is also a really effective way to reduce abortions.