what if the dad wants to abort the baby, doesnt he have a say in the matter? why is it only legal to 'abort' baby if the mother says so?
2006-10-09 15:53:17 · 20 answers · asked by Nikki 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
abort = murder
2006-10-09 15:54:00 · update #1
bumblebee, it takes 2, NOT 1, to make a baby. the daddy gets a say, and i'm pro-life, i would never have an abortion whether my husband one day wanted me to or not :)
2006-10-09 16:01:06 · update #2
I'm guessing most of the answers you'll get is "it's the mother's choice, because it's her body", which is fair enough, but from a legislative point of view, wouldn't it set a dangerous precedent to allow the father to demand an abortion?
Can someone legally compel someone else to get surgery?
2006-10-09 15:57:23 · answer #1 · answered by roberticvs 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think two issues can be seen from this. As far as an actual abortion, no man should legally be able to force any woman to go through that. I understand the point you're making, but I think it's a bit extreme.
However, there is a challenge going through several courts right now based on the idea that, a woman may have an abortion for an reason she chooses, including that she may not want the responsibilities of being a parent. But if a man decides that he does not want the responsibilities of being a parent, even if it is only financial, he has no "choice". He must abide by the woman's decision and pay what the courts decide. While this doesn't address the issue of abortion itself, it does address an aspect of choice.
2006-10-09 16:17:30 · answer #2 · answered by dave 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Abortions are safer than pregnancy; the death rate is something like 11x greater in the United States from pregnancy. In non-industrialized nations, pregnancy is one the leading causes of death among women.
While most preganancies are certainly not lethal, let's not romanticize the process. It's hard on the body, and has a risk of lasting after-effects and even occasionally death.
As long as abortion is legal, this is a decision that MUST ultimately lie with the mother. No one can have the right to compel a womean to undergo such a process if she has the legal right to end it.
Ultimately, this country might decide to ban abortion...but as long as it is legal, it's the woman who is most profoundly affected, and thus should have the final say.
2006-10-10 03:44:24 · answer #3 · answered by Zhimbo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
whats not being suggested in this tale is that as quickly as you first meet a pair, there's a dialogue approximately what you should do if the newborn has any defects so it could have been something they had spoken approximately and can have agreed on interior the settlement, i understand this as I extremely have been a surrogate and as quickly as I met my couple, a million of the flaws we suggested became what they could prefer to take place in the event that they found out the newborn had some situation like down syndrome, and that they stated they wouldnt suggestions the only reason they could prefer me to abort became if the newborn could haven't any form of existence whatso ever
2016-11-27 03:47:28 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, there was an attempt in Michigan to pass a law allowing men to abort their responsibility for a child, like a woman can. It is also a lot more difficult for a man to get a vasectomy. He has to have the permission of his wife, but she doesn't have to have his permission to have her tubes tied.
Do you know that women's groups oppose government funds being spent on research into male birth control. Can you imagine what would happen if men could choose whether they want to be a father or not? Women complaining that their men will not allow them to get pregnant. Welfare mothers not being able to have more children. Single women who pick the men they get pregnant by, according to their net worth, no longer being able to collect thousands of dollars in child support each month, because they male victims of their schemes are taking a birth control pill.
There is no statute of limitations on collecting child support, and he can still be ordered to pay if the mother abandons the child to family services.
2006-10-09 16:00:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because its the women's body and a man haves no control over a women's body. When men want to ( and can) carry a baby and give birth then they can have the right to say so. Abortion is not murder in most cases. For it to be murder the fetus haves to be a human and be able to survive out side of the womb.
2006-10-09 15:59:37 · answer #6 · answered by larrys_babygurl_4life 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Fathers do influence. In fact, many abortions by unwed mothers are done on account of fear the father will leave if she goes through. The statistics are in a book called Culture Wars by James Davidson Hunter. It is the most thorough study of abortion and attitudes about it ever done.
2006-10-09 16:16:55 · answer #7 · answered by BABY 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
abortion does not equal murder, it is a choice a woman must make.
the man can leave the baby and mother whenever he wants to, then who will help the mother? Women are already second hand citizens in this country, they get payed less than men, but are excepted to take care of a child that was created by a man and a women.
2006-10-09 16:01:56 · answer #8 · answered by Voodoo Experience 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
yeah, it's pretty crazy. also, the father might want to keep the baby, and the mother can still abort it. that's probably way worse for the father than when it's the other way around.
2006-10-09 15:57:06 · answer #9 · answered by tobykeogh 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No one wants the mom pressured by anyone, but the doctor who is making a mint off the murder factory
2006-10-09 15:56:32 · answer #10 · answered by Makemeaspark 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋