An open invitation to my brothers on DU....

[bluecollar2]

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I wanted to post a thread that would reflect our support for the women in our world.

I'm not going to spend a lot of time waxing philosophicaly...there's no point.

Ladies...

We have your back.

[flying rabbit]

1. K&R nt

[Glorfindel]

2. K&R - NT

[Stuart G]

3. K & R

[Rural_Progressive]

4. Indeed

[essaynnc]

5. I solemnly swear....! I got you back.

[barbtries]

6. thank you.

Women.

[lastlib]

7. We do, indeed!

I will happily give aid and comfort to any woman I can who needs help in these difficult times. You are not alone.

[Wounded Bear]

8. Indeed! I vote pro choice...nt

[sdfernando]

9. Yes yes yes yes yes 👍 👏

We will not go back!

[fantase56]

10. Always!

[peppertree]

11. Hear, hear.

Women run circles around us.

The least we can do is be there for them when Gilead Council types try to trip them up.

[Joinfortmill]

12. 👍

[Twoflower]

13. Yes!

[SilasSouleII]

14. Yes indeed

[hay rick]

15. Yes.

[larwdem]

16. yes

hell yes

[flying_wahini]

17. Thanks on behalf of all women.

[Pyryck]

18. Shoulder to shoulder, side by side, arms entwined and locked in love, caring and support.

Both of my daughters deserve nothing less.

[electric_blue68]

19. Thank you DU Men - says this woman

[Captain Zero]

20. K&R

talked to my daughter and grand daughter here this weekend.
I talked my daughter in Oregon too..
Same pages. Same pages.

[Geechie]

21. Have you all got your vasectomies? nt

[Mister Ed]

24. Vasectomy is only one small part of this picture.

Men certainly have a fundamental duty to ensure that they make no one pregnant who doesn't wish to be. Vasectomy is one tool to help fulfill that duty, but there are others. Some of them involve forethought, self-denial, or self-restraint.

But ensuring against unwanted pregnancy is only part of the picture. Men have a duty to support women's control of their bodies in pregnancy. Not all women who contemplate ending a pregnancy have become pregnant unintentionally or unwillingly. What use or consolation is my vasectomy to those women and girls everywhere?

Beyond that, women also have a right to be free of the fear of someday having no say in a pregnancy. Men have a duty to help create a world in which women feel secure in the knowledge that they'll always be in charge of their bodies.

Women's rights regarding pregnancy are, in turn, just a small part of the overall picture. Their most basic and fundamental human rights, too numerous to mention here, seem to be perpetually threatened or endangered if not outright denied. Those rights must be strengthened, protected, and preserved.

When we answer this thread's OP by saying, "Ladies, we have your back", then we need be committing to all of the above-mentioned support, and more. Vasectomy is easy, but vasectomy doth not an ally make. We don't necessarily have to be sterile to be allies, but we must in all ways be committed to fully taking on the duties I've outlined here.

[Geechie]

31. No need to explain

But thanks for taking that step - along with everything else you mention. I’ve heard lots of virtue signaling among the DUdes, but if they haven’t taken that one simple (and reversible) step, I figure they’re not really committed.

[Rural_Progressive]

41. Bit of an authority on the subject of vasectomies

considering that I've had a couple. Doesn't mean you're permanently sterile, I have a 34 year old daughter who can attest to that. What it does mean in my case is that I took my reproductive decision making seriously and didn't expect either my ex or my dear wife to have to shoulder the load.

As they say, talk's cheap. Unless a man wants a child, if he's sexually active there's a really easy way to make sure you're not putting the load on any of the women you spend time with. Of all birth control methods except the condom vasectomy is the least invasive and least dangerous of them all.

Try it, you'll like it. Three of the best decisions I've made in my life.

[Geechie]

73. On behalf of all women of childbearing age

who believe in choice & haven’t drunk the koolaid,

THANK YOU!

[Rural_Progressive]

74. I've been a bit of a screw up on a number of things in my life

but on those decisions I nailed it.

You are welcome. In the past 34 years since I had my second one I have spread the word. Happy to say I've had a few successes so I'm happy to accept your thanks.

Only problem is unless we all have a choice and control then none of us do. Women have terminated pregnancies since pretty much forever, that's not going to change. What has changed is the loss of access to safe and legal abortions and until that is reversed men who truly love and respect women have their work cut out for them.

You hang in their Geechie, I was born during a time when legal abortions weren't available, I have no intention of dying until women regain their personal autonomy and the right to decide what they chose to do with their bodies.

[Victor_c3]

72. Yup 👍 n/t

[RainCaster]

22. I want to use those pregnancy trackers

Just to drive the MAGAts loony.

Yes, I had my vasectomy 23 years ago.

[czarjak]

23. My better-half included. As ALL the women I love. Ask one.

[Chainfire]

25. I had a mother, I have a wife, a daughter and a sister.

You are damn right I have women's backs, always.

[Novara]

26. Thank you. I'm glad you support us because it's the right thing to do ...

... not because you have a mother or a sister.

See the difference?

THESE ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. And my country thinks you have more rights than I have because you're male.

[NickB79]

27. I was literally spitting mad in an argument with a coworker last week

About the Roe decision.

[Emile]

28. K&R

[Aristus]

29. Definitely!

K&R.

[LuckyCharms]

30. Yes. n/t

[peggysue2]

32. Thank you, Sir!

I try to remember and voice the fact that this fight for reproductive freedom is for women and the men who love and respect them. Reproductive rights are family rights, human rights. The recent Roe reversal affects us all.

So, thank you for the public statement. My husband and sons are on board as well.

[CaptainTruth]

33. Absolutely! I will fight for your rights.

[OLDMDDEM]

34. Very much so!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

35. How?

[bluecollar2]

62. See my post #61 below...n/t

[wolfie001]

36. Agreed wholeheartedly!!!

[MiHale]

37. KnR...

Right behind ya, always.

[A HERETIC I AM]

38. I am absolutely standing with them, but unfortunately....

My ability to do more is rather limited.

I live in Jacksonville, FL and have a spare room, so I would love to be able to offer it to any woman who might find the need in the future to travel north on I-95 for a legal abortion and require a nights layover, but I’m a single, old man who travels extensively, so there is really no way to open my home to any women who might need a clean, safe bed to sleep in while they journey north, should Governor Ron DeathSentence have his way.

I wish I could do more, truly.

[LittleGirl]

40. Very nice thought. I hope

That no woman needs your sincere generosity. Thank you sir.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

49. Give to abortion funds. They help people who need abortions with travel, lodging and support costs.

It's one of the most effective things you can do.

[A HERETIC I AM]

51. I do, and will continue to.

[LittleGirl]

39. I toasted the fourth with hubby

“You have more rights than I do”…

Fuck them.

[marmar]

42. Yep.

[ewagner]

43. kick

[bucolic_frolic]

44. I will not let Republican Legislatures issue animal husbandry regulations that treat

women like cows. These doofuses see only vaginas, udders, and assault rifles, in my view. They've gone looney.

[TeamProg]

45. K&R

[bluescribbler]

46. Count me in.

[Snarkoleptic]

47. Now would be a good time for men to download a period tracker app.

To add enough noise to the data pool, that it becomes unusable.

[seta1950]

48. Thank you

😊 thank you

[RANDYWILDMAN]

50. For my daughter, my wife and the women of world

may freedom to control your body be yours and yours alone.

[gulliver]

52. True, but men also have a direct stake

We shouldn't forget that. We're in support roles for women, who bear the brunt of the Supreme Court's taking of freedom. But our freedoms as men are also taken away by Roe v. Wade being overturned. Forced motherhood is forced fatherhood and forced grandparenthood. As Buttigieg so skillfully pointed out recently, the Republican Party is doling out family tragedy.

[rubbersole]

53. Always!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

54. As the father of two daughters, I support the OP

[toesonthenose]

55. Will do everything in my power. Everyday, and won't stop.

[OldBaldy1701E]

56. Extreme K&R!

[Martin68]

57. Damn straight!

[Siwsan]

58. Damn it!! You guys all made me cry!!!

Tears of thanks!!!

[FoxNewsSucks]

59. Damn right.

It's a matter of supporting our human rights, and opposing the christofascist scum that would deny any of them.

[llashram]

60. give em hell!

[bluecollar2]

61. I put this thread up yesterday.

Today I turned down a donation to the fire department "something" fund.

I declined and informed the solicitor that all future miscellaneous donations were now going to be donated to Planned Parenthood.

Planned Parenthood joins Doctors Without Borders and the Smile Train as my contributions making this s better world.

On a practical front. I'll continue to vote, demonstrate and do whatever I can to ensure that women eventually get the respect and rights they deserve and are entitled to.

[BlueSky3]

63. If women and men become

single issue voters on abortion rights, we have a chance. The beauty of it is, voting pro-choice is pro-privacy as well. Or should be. So thanks to all the men who will stand with women.

[Elessar Zappa]

64. Absolutely!

[Maine Abu El Banat]

65. Women's rights are

My Mother's rights (rest her soul)
My Wifes rights
My three Daughters rights.
They are more important to me than anything.

[calimary]

66. This woman says Thank You!

[Mad_Dem_X]

67. Thank you!

We need more male voices!

[usaf-vet]

68. Yes we are here. Enough is enough!

[RKP5637]

69. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[spanone]

70. ...K&R...

[Victor_c3]

71. We've all got important women in our lives

Whether it’s our mothers, siblings, daughters, or friends.