Abortion: What About a Man's Choice?
With all this talk we hear about abortion and a woman's choice, I often wonder - What about a man's choice? The unborn child is just as much the man's baby as the woman's, so why is she in sole control of what happens to it? The child develops in her body, but this does not diminish the fact that this is also his child. What if the guy really wants his child to be born and is willing to take responsibility, but the girl decides to terminate the pregnancy? Is it not completely unfair that a male has absolutely no say in whether his child will be kept or aborted? Would he not be anguished about this for the rest of his life and feel just as a woman who deeply regrets having an abortion feels? To all you guys reading this, if you were stuck in the same situation (got a girl pregnant), how would you feel knowing that she is aborting your child and you can do nothing about it?
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to a certain degree men have a say, becuase the child is just as much the man's as it is the womans. abortion does not just effect women. my friend is a male and his ex girlfriend had an abortion of his child and it absolutely devestated him. so my question to you is, why is it only thought to be the womans loss?? Posted 116 days ago | Tagged As: euqal for both sexes
I believe any man who would relish having that child should be able to have a say in whether or not the woman brings the baby to term. Having said that we now run into the issues of how to bring this about in an amicable and fair way and who will take responsibility for the child. Will it be he, she or both? What if one party, in this case the man, changes his mind at the last minute when it's too late to abort? I think the only way to bring about these changes is to have a legally binding contract between the two parties so that neither can back away and leave one of the parties to fend for themselves. That simply wouldn't be right. People often go through many "changes" when a pregnancy is involved. Not everyone knows what to do at the exact time pregnancy is established. What happens when one of the parties suddenly has an epiphany and realizes they do not love the other? All decisions must be made prior to the cut-off time for safe abortion so there is much to be considered and it is not a decision that can be made lightly. My take on it is that the man should have a say and not be cut out of the loop simply because it's her body! It was also her body and her choice to take the risk of pregnancy. Posted 118 days ago | Tagged As: Men should have their say in abortion
Sweetheart, men, by law, must either raise the child with the mother or pay child support. The courts are too tied up to deal with this already existing legal obligation. Men constantly skip out on their duties; leave town, refuse to pay child support, and, sometimes, earn too little for it to even matter. "My take on it is that the man should have a say and not be cut out of the loop simply because it's her body! It was also her body and her choice to take the risk of pregnancy." Really now? Even if both consented to sex, the condom did not break or the birth control didn't work, how do you justify allowing the man to have control over the woman's body? Why does the man, who is under no risk from pregnancy and its many and possibly deadly complications, have equal say with regards to the birth? Men do not go through any of the suffering and pain of child-birth, none of the danger, why are they allowed absolute power over the woman's body? In the end, the man has the power; if they both agree to abort or give birth it is fine, but if the woman does not want the child but the man does the man is the one who gets to make the decision. Posted 117 days ago
Hello Angelo! I think you'd be better off reading my original answer than calling me "Sweetheart." After all you don't know me and the term is reserved for very few. I did mention some of the issues that would be up for discussion. Really now...I never said that a man has absolute control over a woman's body. He should have a say since it is his child. Did it ever occur to you that he may wish to have that child no matter what? Your point is moot. It's no fault of his or hers that the woman carries that child. It was designed that way! Deadly complications? This is 2008 and not the time of child bed fever! There is so much testing available to ascertain whether or not the child will be born healthy it's truly amazing. If the woman were at risk from "deadly complications" I should think that too would be taken into consideration and hopefully would be a clear case for abortion no matter what the man desires. It's a complex issue in which there is much to be resolved between the two parties and even the courts, should it come to that, but I do believe a man should be able to make a case for full term if he indeed wants that child. Posted 117 days ago | Tagged As: Men should have their say in abortion
Angelo in Women v Men "Women are not equal to men; their representation in government, economic institutions, and social institutions (as leaders) are not prominent given their numerical parity with their opposite gender. Women are underpaid, overworked, and are rarely in positions of power and authority. This, though changing, still leaves them at a disadvantage to men. The reason for this; though, is not any biological differences (by all accounts women are actually stronger and healthier than men). The difference is accounted for in the women's perceptions of themselves, what they feel their place is, their unwillingness to engage in economic, social, or even violent conflict. This stems from social indoctrination, familial indoctrination, and their own inability to break free from these influences and knock down the structures that oppress them. If women are going to become equal to men they are first going to have to become as ruthless, cutthroat, strong, courageous, and aggressive as men. Women are going to have to show themselves to be the strong creatures that they are; women are going to have to take their rightful place as masters of their own destiny, by any means necessary. Women can't be victims anymore; they must train themselves to fight, they must teach their daughters to fight (not just with Karate classes but showing them to stand up for themselves in a number of ways). Every woman should know how to defend herself; legally, physically, economically, socially; they must make men know they cannot be taken advantage of. Every culture, every nation, every class, every religion, every ethnicity, each gender; sexuality; the only way they achieved equality, dominion, freedom, and security is through their ability to defend themselves and maintain their status as free and independent beings. If women are to break free of their chains they must do so in kind." - gives angelo big hug - Shhh, it's okay, they can't hurt you anymore, let it go. Posted 116 days ago | Tagged As: hugs
I don't think you understand the significance of the argument - "it's her body." If you try to force a woman to bring an infant to term against her will you are essentially treating her as if you owned her. You are taking away her right to autonomy and self-agency. She's not a human being anymore, she's a breeding machine. The issue of owning another person's body is vastly more important than a man's desire to raise the child. I'm sorry, but we just don't allow people to own other people in this country anymore. Men get do cut out of the loop because pregnancy doesn't happen to them. It isn't fair. Life isn't fair. You really ought to get over it. Posted 117 days ago
It's sketchy because you have to ask what the relationship is. Like a rapist shouldn't have a say, but I think a husband, or even a boyfriend should have some say. I'm really torn on the issue so I'll distract you all with stats while I make a sneaky exit from the arguement...
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Posted 116 days ago | Tagged As: Abortion
My opinion on this subject has to take a near middle road because of the fact that the term "abortion" here is held in such ambiguous terms. In a local setting, the man most definitely has a choice on the outcome of his unborn baby. Yes, the woman in the situation must bear the child and must go through the 9 months of development, but the man in the relationship has contributed half of his DNA to the creation of that baby. It's just as much his as it is hers, therefore the man should have some sort of input on what happens to the baby. On a more global level though, where the morality of abortion is being debated and such, the man does not have the same right of input. In this case, he has no ownership over any of the potential babies in question and the fight is more about a woman's right to use her body as she finds fit--a natural right. So that's where the devision lies, whether or not this debate takes place on the local or global level. If it's on the former, then I must say yes, a man has every right to "choice" that does a woman. Posted 115 days ago | Tagged As: Unclear Definition
men have a say cause the baby is just as much theirs as the woman who is having the child. the abortion will affect the man as much as the woman. the baby is the mans as much as it is the womans. you may be thinking that just because the woman is having the baby it should just be her choice but it should also be the males choice as well. Posted 112 days ago | Tagged As: Abortion
That would all be decided in court in front of a jury of your peers. If the health risks are too dangerous, wouldn't you think that the woman's atorney would bring it up in court? That could very well be what decides if the child is born or not. And if you want to make it easier and less time consuming, just say "she is unable to have the baby because of these reasons. . . " there. End of case. Posted 117 days ago
If there are health complications or she dies, its as much the womans fault as it is the mans. After all she made the choice to have the kid. She wasn't at gun point and she could've gotten out of any dangerous situation had there been one. It was her choice as much as the mans. Even if she did it for the man, IT WAS HER CHOICE. Why don't you understand that? Posted 112 days ago
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