Should father have any say about abortion?

[C4tman]

Should father have any say about abortion?

Yes, all the PARENTS (4) should have anything to say about aborting or not aborting UNDER the AGE of majority.
In other cases, the couple is responsible for their acts, so they have to decide themselves.

[Wells]

Not at all. Both are claiming ownership over a child you both created.

The fetus is in her body. You're telling her what she can do with her body. That isn't acceptable. At all.

How can anyone even begin to think that is ok?

[welcome2life]

Wow a lot of interesting things coming up in this thread O.o

Father shouldn't have a right to decide on an abortion because the woman has to carry it.

Father does have to pay child support though for babies kept. It takes two to tango Mr. and you are living with the consequences.

Mother doesn't want to carry the baby. It's your body and you can do what you want with it!

I'm not going to choose a side on this one but literally read posts with opinions like these back to back and I'm thinking omg the hypocrisy. O.o

[Deleted]

Erghh this thread again

I simply think... No... men shouldnt, Why? The pain, suffering, and depression women go through to carry said baby from conception to delivery is baffling. There will be bad couples yes, they will have sex irregardless of birth control and blight the world with there stupidity but to judge the actions of the few (cough) on the many is stupidity.

Should the father have more say in the upraising of the child, instead of being the sterotypical breadwinner (Not always, but some people still hold the view) I'd say yes, i'd like to see them having maternal leave to see the birth/ raise there son and/ or daughter and give them a happy childhood.

(Sweden is doing very well regarding male rights to a relationship and parental leave, admirable there leading and others will soon hopefully follow)

Flame away at my view i guess if you like

[Vuljatar]

The fetus is in her body. You're telling her what she can do with her body. That isn't acceptable. At all.

How can anyone even begin to think that is ok?

She is not solely responsible for it's creation, therefore she cannot unilaterally decide on it's destruction.

[Sykol]

The fetus is in her body. You're telling her what she can do with her body. That isn't acceptable. At all.

How can anyone even begin to think that is ok?

I don't care what she does with her body. I do, however, care what she does with my child.

[Monstercloud]

Forcing someone to care for their child is not equatable to forcing a woman to bear a child with her body that she does not want.

Drop the semantics. Forcing responsibility upon someone before or after the birth is still forced, regardless if it's under deceitful means or not.

[Wells]

She is not solely responsible for it's creation, therefore she cannot unilaterally decide on it's destruction.

Its. Her. Body.

[Deleted]

No it doesn't. Not at all. One is financial support for a child you created. The other is claiming ownership over a woman's body.

Keeping a child is claiming ownership over the mans life.

He would have to support the mother and child, give up on his freetime to care for the child, possibly change his job and it could change the whole outcome of his life.

[Wells]

Drop the semantics. Forcing responsibility upon someone before or after the birth is still forced, regardless if it's under deceitful means or not.

Again, you're comparing having to care for your child with forcing someone to bear a child they do not want. Its fucking ridiculous.

I don't care what she does with her body. I do, however, care what she does with my child.

Its not a child until its born.

[Vuljatar]

Father does have to pay child support though for babies kept. It takes two to tango Mr. and you are living with the consequences.

Mother doesn't want to carry the baby. It's your body and you can do what you want with it!

First you say "it takes two to tango", then you say that only the father has to live with the consequences.

[Dellis0991]

I think men should have a say about abortion but then again where I live some (not all) men don't care about babies and will deny there children leaving women to bear the pain of raising babies by themselves or the women see a baby as a "life ending move" and decided to abort the baby without the father knowing so...this idea of abortion rights is a lose lose situation :\

[Wells]

Keeping a child is claiming ownership over the mans life.

Not in any way shape or form. He can do whatever he likes so long as he pays for the child he created. You're saying that equitable to forcing a woman to bear a child with her body that she does not want.

[Outofmana]

Nope, it's their body, it's their choice indeed.

[TheImmortalLordAtlas]

Its. Her. Body.

Actually, it's IN her body. It's not part of her body. So I propose to you people again. If she has unilateral rights, she has unilateral responsibility.

[Monstercloud]

No it doesn't. Not at all. One is financial support for a child you created. The other is claiming ownership over a woman's body.

Ok, and what if the woman is the one that makes the money? Then what sexist angle are you going to use?

[Sykol]

Its not a child until its born.

So you support abortions at eight months?

[Vuljatar]

Its. Her. Body.

Her. Egg.

And. His. Sperm.

Combined. To. Make. THEIR. Fetus.

[Hypro]

I would leave it up to the girl myself... If she chooses to have it then i would stand by her, if not then thats her choice

[Wells]

So you support abortions at eight months?

I support elective abortion until viability.

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Her. Egg.

And. His. Sperm.

Combined. To. Make. THEIR. Fetus.

You're literally advocating a form of slavery.