What My Partner’s Abortion Taught Me

Abortion rights are not just a women’s issue. More men should say so.

Christopher Keelty
Human Parts
Published in
8 min readMay 17, 2019

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MyMy partner wasn’t supposed to get pregnant. That’s why she had an IUD — to prevent the pregnancy we both agreed we didn’t want. Liz and I have been together for years, and though we had discussed the idea of having children, we knew we weren’t ready — at least not yet.

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Christopher Keelty
Human Parts

Writer, cartoonist, and nonprofit pro. I have too many interests, but let’s focus on culture & politics. Bisexual, cis. He/him, please. | Twitter: @keeltyc.