In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Andréa Becker, a medical sociologist and reproductive rights researcher at the University of California San Francisco.īecker, who conducts research on the gendered stigma around abortion, adds, 'Abortion doesn't just benefit the person having the abortion, but their partners, their existing children, their future families.' 'We know very little about cisgender men involved in abortions,' said Dr. The effects on their male partners have received less attention. There's a mounting body of evidence on how having or being denied an abortion affects pregnant people, including impacts on their mental health and the finances of them and their children. on bodily autonomy and things of that nature.' He's now an organizer for New Voices for Reproductive Justice, which advocates for Black womens' health care, including access to abortion. She chose to terminate the pregnancy, and Atterberry says 'it changed my whole perspective. Nine years ago Donovan Atterberry's girlfriend became pregnant, but a lethal chromosomal disorder was detected.

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