Should men be able to vote on the abortion issue since it isnt their 9 months?

Question

Isnt it odd that the majority of those against abortions are those that cant have them?

BTW, I do think that child support is outdated and men shouldnt be forced to pay for a kid if they dont want to.

andy r - nut!

Answer 1

It takes two to tango. Lots of abortion court cases are concerning a man trying to stop a woman he had relations with from aborting their child, so yes they should be able to vote on the issue. I agree that men should not make up the 98% of the people making decisions regarding the issue, but that means we need more women to run for seats.

Answer 2

What vote? There is no voting on this issue. The court gave the right so nobody has a vote. Since the passage of Row v. Wade over 20 million have been aborted. Did any of this affect men? I have 2 daughters so the answer is yes. If it were being voted on I have just as much of a right as a woman.

PS,

My father came back from Veitnam and was called a baby killer for being in a war. He was called this by the same people (probably like you) here that wanted the law to protect their baby killing. Hypocrites!!

Answer 3

Why do you assume that anyone other than the woman who is pregnant should get to vote on the subject at all?

Within my extended family, we've tried every possible option after discovering an unplanned pregnancy. Without exception, the adult women, when looking back 15 to 30 years later, all have heart-wrenching regrets about the choice they made. Every possible choice is represented between the lot of us.

Our experience then, is the the woman will have serious psychological consequences decades later, NO MATTER what choice she makes.

On the other hand, the men don't seem to have anywhere near the same amount of angst and regrets.

I thus suggest that an unplanned pregnancy is a personal emotional crisis for the woman concerned and that no one whom she does not invite to comment has any business voting or anything else about the subject [including the Pope].

Answer 4

Yes, they should. I would like to find out where you get your information. I do not believe that the majority of those against abortions are men. It is a matter of ethics. Is it okay to kill a fetus? That is the question. All Americans should be allowed to have an opinion, just as all Americans can have an opinion about the sort of drugs you may choose to ingest.

Answer 5

I believe a man should be able to vote on all issues just as well as a woman should be able to vote on all issues to. As far as the issue of abortion I guess Would say I believe that a woman should be able to decide medically whatever she wishes in regards to her own body, and I know even if abortion was outlawed it would still happen. But i also feel with all the modern highly effective easy to use cheap and readily available birth control methods available today it is a very foolish, selfish, self centered act to perform an abortion unless it is done in medical necessity are rape. To have to have a abortion performed is a totally irresponsible act by both the male and female, to engage in a the reproductive act of our species for purely pleasure then kill are own offspring because we do not want to deal with it what kind of animals are we. Not to mention all the social dieases if we didn't protect agaisnt pregnancy, we are also possibly spreading dieases throughout society this is all foolish ,irresponsable , selffish and dangerous behavior . There are numerous programs in school and ads on TV and billboards all explaining the consequences of unprotected sex no one can say they didn't know it would happen, birth control is handed out free at planned parenthood, and is simple and easy to use ,then why is it nessacary to be having so many abortions being performed each year, I do not care if you call it a fetus to make it more clinical and less personal it is still yours and another human beings offspring (child) regradless of the developmental stage it is in, life was created and taken in a act of irresponsible behaivor by two individuals. I am for Pro Choice but not for Pro-Irresponsibility

Answer 6

That would be an interesting election. Women only need apply. So then, we could also divide up the other issues where men should be more qualified to vote. We can have male and female elections. I thought we we're trying to do away with this type of thinking. It's a slippery slope you're on.

Answer 7

Yes. I'm pro-choice by the way, but if men are expected to pay child support I don't see why they shouldn't have a say in the matter. While I feel that it is the woman's decision to see a pregnancy to term or to have an abortion, I don't see how it would be fair to callously suggest that men are altogether irrelevant. It takes two to get pregnant, and seemingly implying that men are only good for providing sperm and checks isn't any more justified than making a comparably sexist statement directed at women. Just my two cents' worth.

Answer 8

Men don't get the 9 months, they get the 20+ years of raising the child. And it doesn't matter about race, gender, etc on voting, if you are a citizen, you have the right to vote on whatever is being proposed.

Answer 9

It against state and possibly federal law to waive child support, and so if men are so obligated, by law, it would seem to be fair and reasonable for them to have a say in the decision that brings a life into this world. A women should not have the only say in such an important decision

Answer 10

Not odd at all, men have ruled the planet for centuries. It would be odd it they didn't try to control any and every given issue.

Your question is misleading though. It's not a man-woman issue since there are TENS OF MILLIONS of women who are against abortion even though in terms of percentage they may be in the minority.

There are also tens of millions of men who are pro-choice. Why alienate them by taking even an arguably justified slap at their gender?