We’ve come full circle since Roe. The generation that made it possible for women (and their male consorts) to destroy their “product of conception” — so read the label on a jar I once spotted in a hospital — is now likely to see the abortion industry destroyed in many states. If the Supreme Court reverses Roe sometime next year, as anticipated, at least 20 states are poised to ban abortion more or less altogether.

Some outraged men are protesting this awful assault on their sexual freedom by lining up for vasectomies. Well, dadgum. If we’d known the guys would sign up for that, we’d have overturned Roe v. Wade decades ago. This new movement, reportedly spawned by a Texas law that prohibits abortion after a matter of weeks and incentivizes citizens to report abusers, suggests that the men having the procedure are doing it for the love of women.

Why, I feel like dusting off my pompoms and leading a cheer. After all, what’s a painless little snip for a man compared to a violent, life-altering abortion? A vasectomy, for the Google-averse, is a minimally invasive, needle- and scalpel-free procedure that “seals” one side of each vas deferens to block sperm from entering the urethra. The process takes about 10 minutes, and sexual activity usually can be resumed within a week.