The pro-abortion lobby decries men’s involvement in a decision they claim only affects a woman. “It’s a woman’s body, so it ought to be her choice,” they say. Some prominent men who are pro-abortion, have been quick to share their belief that a doctor’s office is too small for a patient, their doctors, and the U.S. government. Where does that leave men? Is the doctor’s office too small for fathers?

 

Men are told not to speak regarding unplanned or unwanted pregnancies. They are told that because they themselves can never be pregnant, they cannot have an opinion—at least not one that isn’t unreservedly pro-abortion. However, one does not have to directly experience something to know if it is good or bad. And whenever it is clear that something is morally wrong, everyone has an obligation to speak out against it.

 

Men have a vital role to play in the pro-life cause. Perhaps part of the reason why legal abortion has persisted for so long is because men have been discouraged from embodying biblical manhood. We need men to be courageous and come to the defense of the most vulnerable among us: the unborn.

 

The good news is that the percentage of men in America who are pro-life is on the rise. According to recent Gallup polls, 50 percent of men said they were pro-life in 2021, compared with 46 percent in 2019. But we still have work to do. By encouraging men to speak up, donate their time and resources, and love their families well, we can continue to change the narrative.