Columnist Eileen C Marks wrote about the pain some men feel after their partners have abortions:
“There’s a lot of ambivalence for men when they get in touch with their pain. They didn’t have the physical pregnancy, so often they feel they’re not entitled to the feelings of sadness and anger and guilt and loss that women often feel.”
[She talks about a friend, a man whose wife had an abortion]
“He pleaded with her not to have it. He said his parents would raise the child, or they could put it up for adoption. The marriage broke up as a result of the abortion and other issues. He was really devastated by the experience.”
Phil McCombs “Remembering Thomas” The American feminist vol. 5 no. 1, Spring 1998
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