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The dehumanizing abortion advice GQ has for men in a post-Roe America
Men’s magazine GQ has unleashed a list of 14 Rules for Men Having Sex in the Post-Roe Era. In essence, it’s a how-to list on ensuring that you don’t get a girl pregnant — but if you do, to make sure she has an abortion. Among the suggestions are: moving to a state that is “less restrictive” on abortion just in case and “supporting your partner” by giving her a ride to the abortion business if she finds herself pregnant with your child.
While GQ advises men to give their pregnant partners a ride to the abortion facility it does not advise men to even check on her after the abortion she went through alone — an experience that can be traumatic, leading to a possible increased risk of substance abuse and suicide.
GQ does advise that a man should be there for his partner if she wants him there; however, it also says, “A lot of people do not want their partner there with them or do not care at all.” GQ gave the example of Adrienne, whose partner said he would be there while she took the abortion pill, but he instead went drinking with his friends. But, not to worry — “Adrienne had another partner around that time who found out what she was going through,” and he came to be with her.
If abortion isn’t available locally, GQ suggests that a man give the woman he impregnated money to travel out of state — but the magazine doesn’t advise him to go with her. If he can’t personally fund the killing of his child, GQ advises that he seek help through pro-abortion groups that can fund the child’s death.
If abortion isn’t an option, GQ advised men to have a vasectomy. Many men are following through with this advice — which means they were relying on the legal killing of their baby as birth control under the reign of Roe.
GQ wants men to shout their abortions just like pro-abortion women do. Men are typically more supportive of abortion than women are. As previously reported by Cassy Fiano-Chesser for Live Action News:
Men get to enjoy sex with no consequences, and with no repercussions or risk. It isn’t men who carry the risks associated with pregnancy, childbirth, or abortion; women do. Men aren’t on the hook for the cost and responsibility of a child if they can convince a woman to have an abortion, and they aren’t risking death or permanent injury if the abortion goes wrong.
Abortion benefits men completely without worrying about any harm whatsoever. There’s a reason it was men leading the abortion movement, subverting feminism and promoting abortion to women in the 1970s.
GQ told men, “There are two basic types of abortion — surgical and medicated.” But GQ failed to delve deeper, saying simply, “Medicated or self-managed abortion is done with a series of two pills (one of which is the one being discussed in the case brought to the Supreme Court). At-home medicated abortion is incredibly safe, and has been used worldwide for decades.”
Most of this statement is untrue, and is seriously lacking in details. Even the links GQ included don’t lead to the truth.
First, the abortion pill regimen, also known as chemical abortions, doesn’t involve two pills, it involves two drugs: mifepristone and misoprostol. There are multiple pills involved.
Second, chemical abortions are not safe, and have actually been found to be four times more dangerous for women than a first-trimester surgical abortion. About six percent of all women who undergo chemical abortions — based on the results of three separate studies — will require emergency care for complications that arise. In addition, women have been traumatized by the agonizing pain and seeing the body of their baby.
There is no way to know how “safe” abortions are because there are no federal requirements to report complications resulting from abortions.
Third, GQ links to Planned Parenthood’s explanation of the different procedures. Of course, America’s abortion giant fails to spend more than about 80 words describing “in-clinic abortions,” of which there are actually four types.
After glossing over chemical abortions and skipping over the part where the child dies by starvation, Planned Parenthood states:
In-clinic abortion (also called a surgical abortion) is a medical procedure. It works by using suction to empty your uterus. How late you can get an abortion depends on the laws in your state and what doctor, abortion clinic, or Planned Parenthood health center you go to. It may be harder to find a doctor or nurse who will do an abortion after the 12th week of pregnancy, so it’s best to try to have your abortion as soon as possible.
While a first-trimester D&C procedure does work by suctioning the child out, either by manual aspiration or by machine, what happens is that the suction tears the fragile embryo — who has had a heartbeat since the third week after fertilization — to pieces. The results are visible in the image below.
Planned Parenthood doesn’t explain other surgical procedures, likely because of how brutally violent they are. During a second-trimester D&E dismemberment abortion, the child — some old enough to survive outside the womb — is dismembered. Her arms and legs are ripped off of her body, and then her skull is crushed. The abortionist knows when he has crushed the skull because brain matter oozes from the vaginal canal. The D&E process can take two to three days in total, though some abortionists prefer to complete it in a day. This procedure can cause severe, life-altering injuries to women.
Planned Parenthood also failed to describe a third-trimester induction procedure, in which the child is killed by lethal injection to the head or heart and suffers cardiac arrest, while the mother sits in a hotel room for days, waiting for her cervix to dilate so she can give birth to a stillborn baby. These women are often advised that they may give birth alone on the hotel toilet.
Former abortionists discuss the truth about abortion procedures here.
GQ did tell men that they should understand miscarriage… but what it said about miscarriage, it got wrong. GQ claimed, “Lack of access to abortion pills or D&Cs can lead to serious health issues like sepsis and infection for people who have miscarriages in restrictive states.”
This is seriously flawed reporting. Much like anti-murder laws don’t restrict the use of surgical tools, while the use of surgical tools to intentionally kill someone is prohibited, pro-life laws do not restrict the use of procedures to save or protect a woman’s life — only the use of those same procedures to intentionally kill.
A D&C procedure can be used to remove an already-deceased preborn child in every single state, and one of the abortion pill regimen’s drugs is also used to help a woman complete a miscarriage. Misoprostol is the second drug in the abortion pill, and it works to cause contractions, while mifepristone — the drug at the center of a legal challenge — is the one that works to kill the baby, and is not typically used during a miscarriage as the baby has already died.
GQ only mentioned “childbirth” once in the article, and it did so in a negative, misogynistic light: “Do you know what childbirth is like? I mean, honestly? Ever really thought about vaginal tearing?” Will men use this line on their pregnant girlfriends?
The article is focused on ‘supporting’ women… into having an abortion. The other options (raising a child or placing the child for adoption) are NEVER discussed, and thereby, women and children are completely dehumanized by GQ. There is no suggestion of marriage, co-parenting, or how to contact an adoption agency. GQ has no intention of teaching men to truly support the mother of their child. Instead, it teaches them to abandon the woman and their baby to the trauma of abortion.
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The dehumanizing abortion advice GQ has for men in a post-Roe America
Men’s magazine GQ has unleashed a list of 14 Rules for Men Having Sex in the Post-Roe Era. In essence, it’s a how-to list on ensuring that you don’t get a girl pregnant — but if you do, to make sure she has an abortion. Among the suggestions are: moving to a state that is “less restrictive” on abortion just in case and “supporting your partner” by giving her a ride to the abortion business if she finds herself pregnant with your child.
While GQ advises men to give their pregnant partners a ride to the abortion facility it does not advise men to even check on her after the abortion she went through alone — an experience that can be traumatic, leading to a possible increased risk of substance abuse and suicide.
GQ does advise that a man should be there for his partner if she wants him there; however, it also says, “A lot of people do not want their partner there with them or do not care at all.” GQ gave the example of Adrienne, whose partner said he would be there while she took the abortion pill, but he instead went drinking with his friends. But, not to worry — “Adrienne had another partner around that time who found out what she was going through,” and he came to be with her.
If abortion isn’t available locally, GQ suggests that a man give the woman he impregnated money to travel out of state — but the magazine doesn’t advise him to go with her. If he can’t personally fund the killing of his child, GQ advises that he seek help through pro-abortion groups that can fund the child’s death.
If abortion isn’t an option, GQ advised men to have a vasectomy. Many men are following through with this advice — which means they were relying on the legal killing of their baby as birth control under the reign of Roe.
GQ wants men to shout their abortions just like pro-abortion women do. Men are typically more supportive of abortion than women are. As previously reported by Cassy Fiano-Chesser for Live Action News:
Men get to enjoy sex with no consequences, and with no repercussions or risk. It isn’t men who carry the risks associated with pregnancy, childbirth, or abortion; women do. Men aren’t on the hook for the cost and responsibility of a child if they can convince a woman to have an abortion, and they aren’t risking death or permanent injury if the abortion goes wrong.
Abortion benefits men completely without worrying about any harm whatsoever. There’s a reason it was men leading the abortion movement, subverting feminism and promoting abortion to women in the 1970s.
GQ told men, “There are two basic types of abortion — surgical and medicated.” But GQ failed to delve deeper, saying simply, “Medicated or self-managed abortion is done with a series of two pills (one of which is the one being discussed in the case brought to the Supreme Court). At-home medicated abortion is incredibly safe, and has been used worldwide for decades.”
Most of this statement is untrue, and is seriously lacking in details. Even the links GQ included don’t lead to the truth.
First, the abortion pill regimen, also known as chemical abortions, doesn’t involve two pills, it involves two drugs: mifepristone and misoprostol. There are multiple pills involved.
Second, chemical abortions are not safe, and have actually been found to be four times more dangerous for women than a first-trimester surgical abortion. About six percent of all women who undergo chemical abortions — based on the results of three separate studies — will require emergency care for complications that arise. In addition, women have been traumatized by the agonizing pain and seeing the body of their baby.
There is no way to know how “safe” abortions are because there are no federal requirements to report complications resulting from abortions.
Third, GQ links to Planned Parenthood’s explanation of the different procedures. Of course, America’s abortion giant fails to spend more than about 80 words describing “in-clinic abortions,” of which there are actually four types.
After glossing over chemical abortions and skipping over the part where the child dies by starvation, Planned Parenthood states:
In-clinic abortion (also called a surgical abortion) is a medical procedure. It works by using suction to empty your uterus. How late you can get an abortion depends on the laws in your state and what doctor, abortion clinic, or Planned Parenthood health center you go to. It may be harder to find a doctor or nurse who will do an abortion after the 12th week of pregnancy, so it’s best to try to have your abortion as soon as possible.
While a first-trimester D&C procedure does work by suctioning the child out, either by manual aspiration or by machine, what happens is that the suction tears the fragile embryo — who has had a heartbeat since the third week after fertilization — to pieces. The results are visible in the image below.
Planned Parenthood doesn’t explain other surgical procedures, likely because of how brutally violent they are. During a second-trimester D&E dismemberment abortion, the child — some old enough to survive outside the womb — is dismembered. Her arms and legs are ripped off of her body, and then her skull is crushed. The abortionist knows when he has crushed the skull because brain matter oozes from the vaginal canal. The D&E process can take two to three days in total, though some abortionists prefer to complete it in a day. This procedure can cause severe, life-altering injuries to women.
Planned Parenthood also failed to describe a third-trimester induction procedure, in which the child is killed by lethal injection to the head or heart and suffers cardiac arrest, while the mother sits in a hotel room for days, waiting for her cervix to dilate so she can give birth to a stillborn baby. These women are often advised that they may give birth alone on the hotel toilet.
Former abortionists discuss the truth about abortion procedures here.
GQ did tell men that they should understand miscarriage… but what it said about miscarriage, it got wrong. GQ claimed, “Lack of access to abortion pills or D&Cs can lead to serious health issues like sepsis and infection for people who have miscarriages in restrictive states.”
This is seriously flawed reporting. Much like anti-murder laws don’t restrict the use of surgical tools, while the use of surgical tools to intentionally kill someone is prohibited, pro-life laws do not restrict the use of procedures to save or protect a woman’s life — only the use of those same procedures to intentionally kill.
A D&C procedure can be used to remove an already-deceased preborn child in every single state, and one of the abortion pill regimen’s drugs is also used to help a woman complete a miscarriage. Misoprostol is the second drug in the abortion pill, and it works to cause contractions, while mifepristone — the drug at the center of a legal challenge — is the one that works to kill the baby, and is not typically used during a miscarriage as the baby has already died.
GQ only mentioned “childbirth” once in the article, and it did so in a negative, misogynistic light: “Do you know what childbirth is like? I mean, honestly? Ever really thought about vaginal tearing?” Will men use this line on their pregnant girlfriends?
The article is focused on ‘supporting’ women… into having an abortion. The other options (raising a child or placing the child for adoption) are NEVER discussed, and thereby, women and children are completely dehumanized by GQ. There is no suggestion of marriage, co-parenting, or how to contact an adoption agency. GQ has no intention of teaching men to truly support the mother of their child. Instead, it teaches them to abandon the woman and their baby to the trauma of abortion.
Live Action News is pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.
Our work is possible because of our donors. Please consider giving to further our work of changing hearts and minds on issues of life and human dignity.
Contact editor@liveaction.org for questions, corrections, or if you are seeking permission to reprint any Live Action News content.
Guest Articles: To submit a guest article to Live Action News, email editor@liveaction.org with an attached Word document of 800-1000 words. Please also attach any photos relevant to your submission if applicable. If your submission is accepted for publication, you will be notified within three weeks. Guest articles are not compensated (see our Open License Agreement). Thank you for your interest in Live Action News!
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