I had a conversation with someone today; he was saying how the female holds all of the choices during abortions. They can choose to keep it and if they do you are financial liable for child support even if you do not want it. Should the male be able to make the decision to abort even if the female wants to keep it? Discuss
The male and the female should have thought about this before they got in this situation. Once in the situation, it is the female's body at risk either way. Is he going to pay for any physical problems that could result in an abortion? Is he going to pay for the emotional therapy if she had really wanted it? If it was the law a man could decide that, and the female desperately wanted the child...yeah emotional tidal wave. There are many physical aspects involved also. Yeah, I'm a woman, but it is her body at risk. Not at all for the guy. I've never had one, but I've had friends who did, and they chose to. However, they still could never forget it 6/7 years later. I did however have an unplanned pregnancy... and trust me that I was devastated and scared - but I miscarried. That haunts me to this day. I think it is the responsibility for both to be "responsible" if you aren't ready for a child.
Honestly, I think it should be an equal decision. If the man doesn't want a child and the woman does, the child isn't going to grow up well. It'd be unfair on the man and the child (man would have to pay benefits, child wouldn't have a loving father). Vice versa too. But saying that, having an abortion (I can imagine) isn't a great feeling (probably more emotionally) for a woman, it's also agains't some people's beliefs. When it really comes down to it, it's up to the female, as they are carrying the child, they can't be forced into having an abortion, or not having one, etc.
nooooooooooooooo i didnot love my baby untill one month after birth and now i cannot leave him one second so if i have the decision i would have make the biggest mistake in my life
I really think the point is that not only can a woman choose to be a parent or not. They can choose this for the man also and this is fundamentally against equal rights...
I don't think so. The woman should have the right to say whether she want's the child or not. After all, she will be the one carrying the baby for 9 months.
If the mother wants to keep the fetus and the father doesn't, than he should be liable for only 50% of the costs to raise the kid. The mother should be responsible or the other half.
I personally don't feel that abortion should have ever been legalized. In the worst of cases, which make up less than 1% of abortions that are completed each year, then a judge should make the decision to allow it or not based on the circumstance. This is a totally different topic, but at least you know which angle i'm coming from. As far as the man being able to make a decision, I don't think he should have any authority in saying "Yes, you have to do it." However, I think he should have the right to sign off if he doesn't want the baby to be aborted because that child is equally his.
It's the woman's body. No one (not even the father of the fetus) has the right to tell a woman to do with her own body. I could understand if the woman wanted an abortion and you were against it, but why would you want a woman to get an abortion? If she wants the baby, there are plenty of other ways to get out of paying child support. Which is the most ignorant reason for an abortion ever, might I add. If the woman really wanted to keep the baby, I'm sure she'd have no problem with you giving up your rights, which means no child support. If you don't want a child, you should have thought about it before you got in bed with her. When I say YOU, I'm not referring to YOU. I mean the man in a situation like that, obviously.
I understand. I have no kids and they are not in my near future. It is an interesting topic tho. The mother carries the baby but is it not 1/2 the fathers?