By Emily Leyh

My husband got a lawyer. He conferred with his doctor. He requested religious exemption. He poured out his heart in a courageous letter to his company. He was told that if he didn’t get this today he wouldn’t be allowed to access his job site or fly home at the end of his shift. No exceptions.

This man has spent years overcoming a traumatic abduction from his childhood. Under threats that his parents would be harmed he was forced into silence.

He felt forced into this today. Holding his career hostage and his ability to provide for his family does not leave much room for consent.

The suffering he endured trying to make this decision was heartbreaking. His private medical history makes the fear of adverse reactions very real. He had very good reasons to decline. He should never have been forced into this.

I am sharing this to help my husband not feel silenced again and to give a voice to all the thousands of others faced with the same decision or sense of trauma from losing their bodily autonomy.

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