The recent near-total abortion ban in Alabama is nothing less than a thinly veiled attack on women and their right to bodily autonomy. Each aspect of the bill is more horrific than the last. Not even rape and/or incest are exempt from this barbaric ruling. Furthermore, the ban comes alongside another ruling that was stuck down that would have provided medical care for the first three years of the child's life. This is not pro-life, this is anti-woman.

For too long, the responsibility of contraception has been placed on women. They are required to know if a man has put on a condom. They must use birth control, which often comes with serious and potentially permanent side effects. They have to get an IUD, an invasive procedure that alters the body's chemistry and comes with the risk of damaging the uterus. All the while, men do next to nothing. That burden of responsibility must be balanced.

A vasectomy is a safe, reversible procedure that is nearly 100% effective. It comes with no side effects, apart from some minor discomfort for up to a few days (much like the insertion of an IUD and nothing in comparison to the aches, pains, and other side effects of birth control).

To protect the women of Alabama and to ensure that abortion numbers decrease dramatically, the State of Alabama must enforce a mandatory policy by which every male, upon reaching puberty, will receive a vasectomy, paid for by the State government. Doing so will ensure a dramatic decrease in unwanted pregnancies, slashing the number of abortions performed.

When a man is ready to have a child, he can then reverse the procedure, with approval from his partner, of course.

Should there be statistical evidence of this policy working, it should then be implemented at a Federal level.