Dr. James Barry, Miracle Man

With the unfolding of the horrific abortion ban in Texas, there has been immense discussion around reproductive rights and bodily autonomy. Two notable themes have emerged for me — both the paternal sense of ownership that leads to the desire to control female bodies, and the insistence that those female bodies can only ever belong to women.

Trans people have always been here. Transmasculine and nonbinary people must be included in discussions of reproductive health, both because our lived experiences are valuable and because systematic medical exclusion of these groups is…