Men's rights on abortion?

Question

Since a woman who is pregrant can choose to have a baby a man does not want, should he be able to stop a woman carrying his child from having an abort?

Should he be able to demand an abortion too?

It's his baby too and no it's not part of a woman's body, its has its own dna pattern.

A number of people have said that if the man did not want to have the baby he should not have had sex. Can't this be applied to both the people involved?

Pregnancy last only 38 weeks. This is seems a very short time compare to the life time of loss that can result from an abortion especially if it was done against a persons will. (ie a female aborts a male's child)

Answer 1

I think there should be a mutual decision there, or an agreement that allows either parent to sign their rights over to the other.
Unless there is a medical reason, or in the case of rape, I believe the man should have a say as well.

Answer 2

That's a very interesting question, and I would say that unfortunately for the man, he has little power to exert any parental right over a foetus, also consider the issue that a woman could say "it's not yours anyway". I have to say that I feel sorry for anyone in the situation where one partner (be they male OR female) wants a baby that the other doesn't. As it is the woman that has to go through the process of carrying or aborting the pregnancy one could justifiably argue that she has the casting vote or veto on the decision.

This being said, I don't think actually there is any proper answer to this question, but I'm going to star this so I can see the variety of opinions raised.

Answer 3

A very good question, is a woman continuing to carry a baby the father doesn't want infringing the human rights of the father as he is forced to take responsibility for a child he doesn't want or is forcing a woman to abort a child she wants to keep an infringement of her human rights? it's her body that is carrying the child and her body that must deal with the risks involved in a termination after all. Should a woman be allowed to terminate a pregnancy when the father of the child doesn't agree? He's not the one who has to carry it for 9 months. This question will never be answered satisfactorily

Answer 4

Since the basic premise behind abortion is that the baby is a part of the woman's body, therefore she has the right to choose to have it or not, your whole argument is moot. For example, once the baby is outside of the womb, the parents can not just kill it, because it's recongized as its own person. In the womb, the fetus is recognized as a part of the mother's body, therefore the father has absolutely no say so over whether she can abort the baby or not. Only the woman can.

However, I agree with you, I don't consider the baby a part of the mother's body. As such, I do not believe that she nor the father has any right to terminate the life of their unborn child.

Answer 5

In reply to happydaythe sequel's contribution, yes I remember the case too where the man tried to stop his partner from getting a termination. It ended up going to the high court.
Thankfully the right decision was made.

We could debate this until the cows come home, but does the man have to carry the foetus for 9 months unwillingly? Does he have to take time off work? Will he have to go through the pain of giving birth?

The law should stay as it is.

Answer 6

Whether you believe in abortion or not - whether the man or woman wants the baby or not - legally, the man has absolutely no rights to the child until it is born.

We can debate the morality and ethics of the issue, but legally, the man cannot tell the woman to carry or abort the baby.

Answer 7

I feel like he equally helped create the baby so, he has almost the same rights as the women does. Yet, the final choice no matter will come down to the women.But truly his rights in it should be equally thought out. As an example if he wants to have the baby aborted then the women has the final say in it. If she wants to keep the baby then she and he must decided that she's going to have to go it alone i think. If he choses to be out of the childs like (by wanting the child to die) then to him (in a way) the child will have died. Its sad thought but... It may be his life that he;s worried about and all the financial burden then he wouldnt have to worry about it. He can live his life. And she can move on with her life and her babies alone tho.

Answer 8

Tough one...honestly, i do not feel men shouldn't be able to demand an abortion if the woman doesn't want it because it affects us a lot more than them. Also, it's our body. But i do respect a father's right to chose for the life of his unborn child. It does take two.

Answer 9

all this ?s are good
but I always felt that since it is my body,my life in the line
it should be me who decide
but today I see thing differently, I am pregnant 8wks I had an ultra sound and the doc was worried because she saw a mast like blood not very far form the baby
I was relax but my husband felt apart crying
we had to go have another u/s at the radiologist before he start to relax
so now I understand that some man do need to have a say because they care

Answer 10

Nope. The woman is the one who has to have that baby. She is the one whose body is effected by this. The DNA does not matter. SHE is the one who is going to be sick. SHE is the one who is going to be fat and uncomfortable for nine months. If the guy was so concerned about it, then he should have kept it in his pants or made sure he was with a girl who felt the same as he does. If you are trying to argue that abortion is wrong, then fine, but that has nothing to do with a guy's rights. It is either right or wrong or wrong with exceptions. Either way, the guy should know his woman's feelings on this issue before he gets involved with her. As it stands legally right now, it's too bad if he didn't think this through. Sure is easy for a guy to say whether or not to have an abortion. He doesn't have to have it.