A man’s life changes when abortion becomes illegal because he no longer can take reckless advantage of women without consequences. Instead, abortion gives agency to the arch-nemesis of feminism: toxic masculinity, because abortion allows cowardly men to escape responsibility and commitment. However, unlike the man, a woman doesn’t have an easy out. She is the one left carrying the physical and emotional trauma for the rest of her life.

If abortion only affected you, I wouldn’t mind abortion. In fact, I wouldn’t even care at all. Your body would be the only one affected, and your choice wouldn’t have an impact on anyone else. But the special thing about pregnancy is that it isn’t just you anymore. At the moment of conception, a new human life is instantly formed.