Doesn't it seem unfair that a woman can abort a fetus without the consent or knowledge of the father?

Their Momâ™¥

that is an intersting point. see how selfish women are who are so quick to get an abortion. they say it is their body so they can abort the child if they want - but that child is half it's father's so what gives her the right. and then, if the guy wants them to get the abortion, and she doesn't like you mentioned - she is gonna be all over him for child support but he did not want the baby anyway ...how now?
these women just want their cake and eat it, too. "selfish" is the word.
How can a person tell a man to keep is stuff in his pants if he does not want a child, but does not tell the woman to keep her legs closed? that she can simply get an abortion? you people are twisted.

Sick Puppy

OR the consent of the fetus!!

uncle osbert

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/09/national/main1385124.shtml

it's in court right now. if you really care about it, why not write a letter to your congressman or the paper so it has a chance of being decided that way. share your views. yahoo answers doesn't seem to go to the right ears...

Miro

It's not really the same thing...I dont necessarily agree with a woman deciding on her own to get rid of it, but yeah, you should still have to pay. Plus, it's your own kid-- you should WANT to.

midnightdealer

In the case you used, I have to agree. There are so many childless people out there who would love to have a child, even the father in the case you stated perhaps.

I am only for abortion in the case of the risk to mother, the baby itself, or rape. I can't see forcing a woman to carry a child that stemmed from rape. Unother than that,I think all avenues should be ventured if the mother doesn't want the child, starting with the father,then family, and lastly adoption to a childless couple.

angie devine

then keep you d**k in your pants and no kids will result you ***

hey sweetie:he isn't really concerned if a woman aborts his child,he just wants to be able to say" get an abortion I don't want to pay for this child"
he wants us to rationalize not taking care of a child. almost EVERY MAN PAYING CHILD SUPPORT WOULD GO BACK AND SAY "I WANTED HER TO ABORT,DON'T MAKE ME PAY" if given the option.

rowbee

its the price you pay to screw around, i totally agree with the first answer.

coragryph

The issues are unrelated.

During pregnancy, pre-viability, the only person who is directly involved is the mother. The embryo is not yet an independent person for the very simple fact that it cannot survive outside the mother, not even with the assistance medical life support. That's the definition of pre-viability.

During the pregnancy, because the woman is the only person directly involved in an ongoing manner, she has final say over what happens within (and to) her body.

After viability, and after birth, the baby exist independently and has legal rights. Among those rights are entitlements to care, which the govt assesses as financial obligations to the parents. Both parents.

After birth, both parents are equally financially responsible for the child, based on the appropriate state and federal laws.

So, the issue of what happens (medically) internal to the woman's body, and the issue of what happens financially after birth, are entirely distinct. Why is why they are unrelated legal questions.

robert_dod

Coragryph is right on the money. I am simply going to restate it in easier terms.

Abortion pits the right of a woman to control her own body, against the right of the fetus to live.

Just as the father cannot require that a woman, even his wife, receive certain medical treatment, nor can he make choices over her own body. The choice about what to do with her own body is strictly the woman's.

Now, the right of the fetus to live is another matter. That is why, as explained above, the state can limit the rights to abortion.

Nowhere, however, is the father's right implicated. This is because he neither has a legal "interest" in the woman's body, nor the rights of the fetus to live.

It may be wrong, but that is the logic until the Supreme court changes it or the constitution is amended.

BrendaWise

the woman has some control over her own body. Give the man that option, and he will always claim he wants the fetus aborted.

FREAKZILLA

you have an exellent point , exept for the not paying child support thing . They should make both parents sign papers to get an abortion , if the woman wants to abort and the man doesn't she should have the baby give him custody and pay him child support . The man should have a say if he wants his child or not

rukidding

Not unless the father is willing and able to carry the child.

Simplystunning

Life is not fair. No uterus, No Opinion.
Deal with it
Always use protection so that it wont happen to you!

Ginnykitty

hey!! use birth control and you will not have to think about it!! I do not believe in abortion. I agree tho..the man should be part of the decision what happens to a baby. it took 2 to make it. unless it was rape, the man should be included. good luck.

galerouth

THE REASON WHY MEN HAVE NO SAY IN A WOMAN'S ABORTION IS, HE DOESN'T HAVE LEGAL AUTHORITY OVER HER BODY AND DOESN'T SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY AND HARM OF BEING PREGNANT---THE HUMAN FETUS IS A PARASITE TO HER BODY. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110608162301AAmwdDa REPRODUCTIVE SLAVERY IS ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY 13TH AND 14TH AMENDMENT, DUH! so if you pro-life schizophrenic fascists who is supporting this idea ----what happens if the man wanted an abortion and the women didn't---are you going to side with the woman? ABORTION IS A CIVIL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT SUPPORTED BY THE RIGHTS TO PRIVACY, THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF 14TH AMENDMENT, AND THE 13TH AMENDMENT. no human has a right to life or any due process rights by the 14th amendment to use another human's body or body parts AGAINST their will, civil and constitutional rights. that's why you are not force to donate your kidney---the human fetus is no exception THE HUMAN FETUS HAS NO LEGAL RIGHT TO LIFE consensual sex =/= a legal, binding contract for an unwanted fetus to live.

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