A Father’s Day editorial in the Washington Times, “Childless on Father’s Day: Abortion industry scapegoats dads,” shines a light on the pain abortion causes to men who have no legal say in whether their children will live or die:
The story of a man abandoning a woman after getting her pregnant has become the stereotypical image of pro-abortion activists and some pro-lifers. The male shirker is central to the abortion storyline and often is used to rationalize taking the life of a baby.
Arthur B. Shostak, professor of sociology at Drexel University, is one of a team of academics who took a hard look at men and abortion over a 20-year period. Their findings shatter the common myth that men are more likely to abandon women who get pregnant rather than support them.
Most men in the survey reported that ending a pregnancy was a mutual decision, and only 5 percent didn’t support the abortion. However, nearly half of single and divorced men said they had suggested getting married and having the baby. As many as 1 in 6 men are never told about a pregnancy or an eventual abortion.
The editors add further details of Shostak’s research that reveal a depth of suffering rarely revealed in news stories on abortion. Many men began to cry during the sociologist’s interviews. As the editors write, men who want to keep their babies or help comfort their partners during the horrors of abortion “are inconvenient truths for the abortion industry, which would rather demonize men and keep business flowing.”
Read the full editorial on the Washington Times’ Web site.
