Abortion is Anti-Woman. It Enables Self-Centered Men to Pursue What They Want

With less than three months remaining until the election, Vice President and Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris is working hard to garner the support of white voters. In the past month, Harris’s campaign has hosted Celebrity-studded virtual rallies aimed at this demographic. In her “White Women for Harris” rally on Zoom, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and actress Connie Britton called on all “Karens for Kamala” to use their “privilege” to help everyone. Shannon Watts, who helped organize the call, said that the rally was vital because white women “in recent presidential elections have voted in a way that upholds White supremacy … [and] upholds the patriarchy.”

Also worried that progressives have been “ceding white men to the MAGA right for far too long,” organizers of the “White Dudes for Harris” online rally encouraged participants to steer the country away from President Trump’s “dangerous, dark path” for the country. Star Wars actor Mark Hamill made an appearance, saying, “I’m Luke Skywalker. I’m here to rescue you.”

However, the Harris campaign’s unprecedented commitment to advance abortion undermines the rhetoric employed in these rallies about advancing women’s rights, using one’s privilege to help others, and working to end the “patriarchy.” For example, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg explained to the “White Dudes for Harris” rally participants that they should vote for Harris because “men are also more free in a country where we have a president who stands up for things like access to abortion.” Intentional or not, Buttigieg’s comment echoed concerns expressed decades ago by first-wave feminists who opposed abortion.

Abortion, to borrow progressive terminology, is a “tool of the patriarchy.” Far from advancing women’s rights, abortion enables self-centered men to pursue what they want without consequence. Though sold as a necessary “choice” for women, many report choosing abortion because they were pressured to do so. Thus, abortion harms women and ends the lives of countless preborn humans.

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