Q&A#50 Is Abortion to be Solved by Controlling Male Sexual Behaviour?
September 16, 2018
Alastair Roberts
This video is a response to a widely-shared, much discussed, and controversial Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/i/moments/1040468130433097728.
Within the discussion, I reference a few articles and books.
The NYT article on non-consensual ghosting: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/style/modern-love-he-asked-permission-to-touch-but-not-to-ghost.html.
GQ article on plummeting sperm counts: https://www.gq.com/story/sperm-count-zero.
Oliver O'Donovan's 'Begotten or Made?': https://amzn.to/2xcNFA0.
Mark Regnerus' 'Cheap Sex': https://amzn.to/2QA7fhB (and my review of it: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/cheap-sex-mark-regnerus/).
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