The real reason that men should have no say is that until the child is born, it's a medical procedure and they have no right to tell anyone else what they can and can't have done medically. That's a matter for the patient and the doctor. Think about how a man would feel if he had, let's call it a tumor, growing inside him that may cause him some discomfort and annoyance but no serious health concerns. Say he wants his doctor to remove it. But his wife who has a say in his medical procedures due to her stake in his future (he will provide and provide for her future children) says no. Since it's not medically necessary and law allows her a say, he can't get it removed.

Further, your supposing the men want to stop women from having an abortion. What about men forcing women to have abortions for babies they don't want to be responsible for. If they have any say at all, that is a real possibility.

That is a personal decision. If it were made a law that men have a say in the woman's abortion, it would be taking away a LOT of her freedom.

Say a woman is in an abusive relationship, and she gets impregnated by her husband. She's too afraid to leave her husband because she wont have any money or place to stay. She doesn't want to bring up a child in this lifestyle so she wants to get an abortion. But her husband wants to keep the child. They go to court, but since it's a LAW that the man has a say over the 'child' she has to have it.

This is ridiculous. It may be your sperm, but it's the woman's body. It may be hard for you- even devastating- but pregnancy shouldn't be taken so lightly!

If your girlfriend gets pregnant, you want to keep the child (for yourself, she doesn't), and she agrees: TADA! You now have a child for yourself, and the woman didn't have any of her rights violated.

This cannot be made a law. It would have SO MANY downfalls. It would do more bad than good, and violate the right a woman has over her body.

End of discussion.