a friend of mine is married (they are newly weds, 4 months) and wants to terminate her pregnancy. she does not want to tell her husband because he will object. what are the husband's legal rights? please let me know your source. thanks.
2007-04-29 12:44:32 · 10 answers · asked by Alvarez 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
When he gets pregnant then he can carry it to term. It is the woman's decision and choice. In the meantime have you suggested birth control to HIM.
2007-04-29 12:51:00 · answer #1 · answered by lcmcpa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the USA the husband has no legal rights regarding a woman's right to choose an abortion. Nor does he have the legal (as opposed to moral) right to be informed, contrary to what some think.
2007-04-29 12:55:14 · answer #2 · answered by wcslaw1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The husband does not have the legal right to choose an abortion, or to prevent his wife from so choosing. But he certainly has some moral rights in a family decision of this magnitude. If your friend deceives your husband in an important marital decision, she is on the road to being single again.
2007-04-29 12:53:30 · answer #3 · answered by Darla N 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Roe vs. Wade made it her choice and her choice alone.
If he does not know she's pregnant, she can just do it and not tell him. If he already knows, I guess she will be telling him she had a miscarriage. And I assume she knows she needs to do it in the first trimester, because after that you won't find many doctors willing to do it.
I could never have an abortion myself, but legally this is all up to her. He would not be successful if he tried to stop her - again, Roe vs. Wade.
2007-04-29 12:57:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He has no rights. She can abort his baby even if he wants it. On the other hand, if he did not want kids and she got pregnant knowng this. he would be forced to pay for the kid even if she admitted that she lied about using birth control.
Men/fathers pretty much have no rights when it comes to this.
2007-04-29 12:53:10 · answer #5 · answered by Catnip 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They dont have any legal rights. Its her body and her choice. He is not carrying the fetus.
2007-04-29 12:48:52 · answer #6 · answered by Someday 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the husband knows, he can petition for the right in court but may lose because it's her body and the law says, she decides.
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2007-04-29 12:56:15 · answer #7 · answered by ToYou,Too! 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Pretty much zero so long as they aren't the one carrying the fetus.
2007-04-29 12:47:57 · answer #8 · answered by Just Me 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
None
2007-04-29 13:08:34 · answer #9 · answered by Lioness 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if she does it with out his aknowledgement .. her Dr has the right to tell her husband that she is carrying his child and wants to abort
marriage is a constitutional arrangement.. it decrees that both parties be informed
2007-04-29 12:48:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋