So does the father share any of the responsibility for the child or the desicion? From conception or just when it comes to child support?
I'm not disagreeing with what you're saying about abortion, but I would like to think that outside of the physical process of the 9 months of pregnancy that the father shares an equal part of the ethical responsibility and decision making... it is, after all his child too.
I don't necessarily agree with what Bilbo's posts, but I think it's a bit harsh writing off a man's opinion because we're not incubators.
Last edited by AdamGB; 10-13-2009 at 10:24 AM.
Hi,
I writing off bilbos's opinion.
I understand this is a difficult topic but yes we are the incubators and must have the final say over what happens to our bodies.
Think it through what if you're with a women who gets pregnant. She wants it, you don't. Is she forced to terminate? What if it's the other way about. She doesn't want it but you do? Do your rights as a father override her rights? I think we'd agree that no they don't on this or any other matter.
It's very easy for Bilbo to sit back and say what we should do when he will never ever run the risk of getting pregnant. We're the ones who have to deal with that shit.
Like I've said, I don't agree with what Bilbo said but I also don't agree with you saying that a man will never have to make a decision regarding a pregnancy.
Don't assume that there are no scenarios were the man won't be making the decision.
A friend of mines partner decided that she would have their baby, but only if the father supported the decision to, she couldn't come to a definite choice either way, so she left it with him. Her final choise came down to whether the father wanted to have the child, so essentially he was faced with this choice alone and said yes.
I'm sure there are more scenarios for the mother having the final say and making the choise on their own etc and I didn't say that a man's opinion overwrites the woman's if they disagree.
I just think it's ignorant to assume that a man is automatically never going to be faced with any sort of moral and ethical dilemma regarding abortion, I'm not disagreeing with who has the final say.
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