Doug Emhoff to hold event urging men to advocate for abortion rights

Second man Douglas Emhoff will convene a sheet successful Atlanta connected Tuesday focused connected nan domiciled men tin play successful advocating for much entree to abortion rights, according to sources acquainted pinch nan plans.

The event, timed to people nan five-year day of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signing Georgia’s six-week ban connected astir abortions into law, is expected to characteristic wellness attraction providers, reproductive authorities activists, section leaders and students.

Emhoff plans to accent nan value of men supporting abortion authorities and utilizing their voices to push to grow women’s expertise to get nan procedure, nan sources said. The assemblage is expected to beryllium made up chiefly of men and will see immoderate students from Morehouse College.

The sheet will beryllium held successful collaboration pinch Men4Choice, a group that organizes and trains men to conflict for abortion entree and mobilizes them to promote different men to support their cause, nan sources said. Men4Choice has besides organized engagements pinch nan 2nd man crossed nan country, including successful Florida, Arizona and North Carolina. 

On Tuesday, Emhoff, who has accompanied Vice President Kamala Harris during immoderate of nan more than 80 events she has held connected reproductive state since Roe v. Wade was overturned, will purpose to nonstop a connection to men that they must thief push backmost against authorities abortion restrictions and support candidates who will grow abortion access, nan sources said.  

The panelists for nan event, held successful nan day astatine The Gathering Spot successful Atlanta, see Carol McDonald, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeast; Davante Jennings, a authorities organizer for Unite Reproductive and Gender Equity; and Shawana Moore, a women’s wellness caregiver practitioner.

The arena will besides characteristic Cecil Price III, a Morehouse University student and personnel of Men4Choice who is moving to shape different men to go much progressive successful nan abortion authorities movement.

As portion of nan day, Khadeen Ellis, a tv big and actor, will besides speak astir her gestation and motherhood experiences and nan peculiar challenges Black women look during childbirth.

The sources said earlier nan event, Emhoff will besides meet pinch Black small-business owners and sojourn a section business, wherever he will activity to telephone attraction to a caller circuit nan vice president precocious kicked disconnected aimed astatine highlighting nan request to create economical opportunities.

Abortion has go a apical rumor this predetermination year, pinch some President Joe Biden and Harris often attacking erstwhile President Donald Trump and Republicans connected nan topic. Harris, who has emerged arsenic 1 of nan administration’s astir salient voices connected abortion, has held abortion-related events successful astatine slightest 20 states, including a reside she gave successful Jacksonville, Florida, connected Wednesday conscionable arsenic that state’s caller six-week prohibition connected astir abortions went into effect.