(inspiring music)
- I am a war veteran,
and I fought for the rights of all Americans,
and that includes reproductive rights.
A man that disrespects women's rights
is a man who is insecure with themselves.
I been a clinic volunteer
for over three and a half years now.
My main purpose here is to make sure
that women exercise their reproductive right
without any distractions from the protestors.
Say for instance, when a car is parked right here,
We'll let the patient and her companion know that,
hey, we're here for you guys.
And as we walk we have these umbrellas
so we make sure that the patient is protected,
like I said earlier,
from the protestors filming and recording now.
One of my loved ones is a sexual assault survivor,
and she encouraged me to join
a women's health reproductive clinic to see what it's like.
(upbeat music)
- Women indeed has guilt,
first of all, she has sinned.
Abortion is a capital crime in God's eyes
and is deserving of death.
But one of the things that we see in this picture,
we see that God makes no distinction
between a fully grown human being
or the life of an unborn child.
- [NowThis Producer] So you think that if people get an abortion,
- It's sin.
- [NowThis Producer] They deserve to die? - It's murder.
It should be the death penalty.
- Sometimes they say some very grotesque things about women,
saying that you're gonna go to hell,
tellin' them that you don't have the right
to choose what's best for your body,
that God has to say so, and it can be physical.
Sometimes they'll follow women to their cars
and companions to their vehicles
with their cameras facing towards them
because they do like to dox the patient
and put their business all over social media.
So as we walk towards the front entrance,
we have the umbrellas out and we tell them
words of encouragement to let them know
that we're here for them
and that it is their constitutional right.
I was volunteering a couple, about a year ago,
when I was walkin' a patient inside the clinic,
I was attacked.
Somebody charged at me.
One of the protestors destroyed the umbrella that I had.
As a real man,
I do feel like I need to continue to be outraged.
Only a insecure man will not think of it as a big deal,
that women are being harassed
when they exercise their reproductive rights.
Two words came to mind when our governor signed the bill,
and that is male supremacy.
Every time I put on the vest and I carry the umbrella,
I'm learning somethin', I'm takin' notes.
I've learned that there are various reasons
why women seek abortions.
Some are sexual assault survivors,
some have health issues, such as cancer,
and some have contracted HIV or AIDS.
And some don't have the support like other women have.
It's not the reason that matters,
it's that they have the right
to exercise their reproductive rights.
As a war veteran,
I'm having a continuous service to my country
by serving other Americans, and that includes women.
Just seeing some things and seeing what my female veterans
have gone through, it just made me like, wow,
I'm not the only one goin' through somethin'.
I would encourage more males to do and to get involved.
The reason why women are fed up
is because men don't step up.
Women are getting tired,
and their voices are expressing their tiredness.
We need more men on the battlefield for reproductive rights.
Gone are the days where men just talk about it,
now are the days when they need to be about it.