Should men have similar rights as women when it comes to abortion?

Question

It is very simple. If a woman gets pregnant she can choose to have the baby or not. If she chooses not, the man can ask her to carry the child and he will keep it. She can say no, its here body. if she chooses to keep the child she can ask the father if he will be there. He can say no, this would be a fathers legal abortion. As far as the man using birth control, the woman can choose to use birth control also or choose not to have sex. Again they both have a choice. THIS ANSWER DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH RAPE. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ARGUMENT!!!!!


I disagree with abortion and would rather adopt a child a woman doesn't want. STILL HER CHOICE THOUGH!!!!

Answer 1

It doesn't work like that.

I am pro-life. My husband never had to ask a question like this.

Pick a woman who is pro-life and this will not concern you. If it comes to your state for a vote, vote in favor of a ban.

Fight for life. Choose life. But this is not a war between the sexes. I would have no objection to a father having the right to fight in favor of LIFE, for his child, but this is a slippery slope. Will not some men fight to make the mother ABORT?

Answer 2

Before reading the details to your question, my initial answer was "Heck, no!" A man cannot have the same rights in regards to abortion because he is not the one carrying the baby. I was thinking of it like that he would want her to get an abortion because he didn't want to take care of the baby.

However, I realize you were not saying that. It does seem unfair that the woman has the right to abort her baby even if the father wants it; because it is a part of him, too. However, it is the woman carrying the child...you can't FORCE her to keep her baby when it's her body that will take the toll. I don't think that a father should have the right to say no he won't be there to take care of the baby...how many of them would step up then and take responsibility?

I disagree with abortion (in most cases), however, I do not think your ideas are just and fair, either. This is just the way the world works; women are the ones who have the babies, and men know that. So, if you don't want to take that risk, don't have sex.

Answer 3

I am pro-choice on certain instances ie...rape, molestation, a chance the mother will die and already has children leaving them with out a mother, I don't see abortion as a form of birth control..and I myself could never have an abortion (that was just a little background info) but I don't believe the father has the right.....I was pregnant and I wanted to give my child to a family for adoption because i wanted my child to have both parents and I believed he would live a better life, the father refused to sign the papers so I wasn't able to give my son up for adoption ( which now I am glad that I wasn't able to he is the light of my life) but the father has never even called to see how his son is doing, what happens to a woman who isn't allowed the abortion and then the man skips out on her?

Answer 4

We have this really cool stuff nowadays called birth control. Pills, patches, condoms, even surgery. However, those who dont use it, magically get pregnant and want an abortion justify it by saying it is the womans body. They are right. However, it is more that the mothers body, it is the childs body too. I agree that women could and should put their unwanted kid, that they shouldnt have had in the first place, up for adoption. im pro-choice, I say feel free to use any kind of birth control you want. But I am not pro-bad choice, which is abortion.

Answer 5

well that's the problems
so as long as she untimately hold the decision
all a man can do is beg or ask for an abortion
that's as far as his right's extend
it would be a bad law to allow men to have choice in termination
what should happen is if a man does not want and a women goes ahead anyways with the pregnacy, then a man should be 100% finacially and legally off the hook as she has chosen to carry foward the conception..
but there should be caveats
such as a man must show that he tried in all best efforts NOT to try to impregnate the women
or if she lied about being on birth control then he would be off the hook ( by default )
ideally there should be legally binding sex contracts ( much like there is legally binding marriage contracts ) saying in effect if you have sex and we both do protection and you get pregnant i am not responsible
but the feminist, the welfare system and the courts have far too much to lose byever letting that scenario happen

Answer 6

Let me see if I've got you right. All fathers can deny paternity simply by saying no. You want to play both sides of the field, but the woman still has the medical jeopardy. I can't help you.

Answer 7

i don't see why a man needs a choice in abortion, he does not have much to do with the actual birthing of a child, abortion has to do with if you will let a child live or die, not if you be you will be there to take care of the child

Answer 8

I think the father should have some say in the matter.
My ex had two secret abortions when we were together
because she didn't want anymore stretch-marks. I could have
had a son or another daughter.

Answer 9

To answer your question - I think men should have the exact same rights as women - as soon as they grow a uterus and can bear a child. Until then, it is none of their business. If you wrap that rascal, you won't have to worry about it.

Answer 10

Technically I'm pretty much pro-life, but you can't (last i heard) do a pre-natal DNA test.
So... the woman could lie...