"We can, and should, support trans men and other gender-non-conforming people. But we can do that without rendering invisible half of humanity and 99.999 percent of those who get pregnant. I know I'll offend, hurt and disappoint some people, including abortion-fund activists I love dearly. That is why I've started this column many times over many months and put it aside. I tell myself I might be wrong...."
For the annals of hand-wringing, I offer you this, from Katha Pollit in The Nation.
You know, if you're going to fret about "erasure" in the context of abortion... well, good lord, how blind can you be?!
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