Should father's have a choice in abortions?

United States
November 10, 2006 12:13pm CST
Should it be 50/50 choice? or 100% the moms?
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17 responses
• United States
10 Nov 06
It all depends on the situation.
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@denax1 (708)
• United States
10 Nov 06
I would say if there is a medical situation which would cause a serious health issue for the woman than she should make the decision.
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@beckyomg1 (6756)
• United States
10 Nov 06
my opnion is that it is all up to the mom. it is her body and her decision. i know alot of people probably wont agree with my opinion though.
12 Nov 06
i agree with you .. its the woman whos gotta do all the hard work. plus the father will prob go off out to work and leave the baby at home so she'll be looking after the baby!
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@usmcsgtwife (4997)
• United States
11 Nov 06
I think there should be talked out by both people invlved to clearfy what they really want, but in the end it's the moms choice since she is the one carrying the baby for 9 minths
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@isasice (2015)
• Iceland
12 Nov 06
Morally this should be agreed on by both the mother and the father. However it's hard to justify that the man can have control over 9 months of the body of a woman and force her to carry his baby. Every case is different and I don't tink there is one answer that would be right for all. In my opinion, if they are not a couple, not dating, lets the say woman gets pregnant after a one night stand, I don't thikn I would say he has the right to force her to. If they are married and perfectly capable of caring for a baby, I think it has to be mutual decicion. I'm very much against abortions being used instead of birth control and when women have abortions for what I consider selfish reasonst. (Career interuptions etch). However I fully support young women who have taken every precaution but still got pregnant. If they can't provide and care for a baby and are only kids themselves, I think it's her right. I try not to judge others for what they decide to do with their lives. As long as they do what they can to learn from their experience.
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@firelight (1858)
• Australia
11 Nov 06
It's the mother's body that has to go through it, so it should ultimately be her decision. The men have a chance to prevent the pregnancy before the woman falls pregnant, and it is certainly a lot easier for the man to walk away from the child's life.
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• United States
26 Feb 07
When men can get pregnant they will get a choice. Until then, hopefully he and his partner have talked about the "what ifs" before they happen and are on the same page.
@emalijay (111)
10 Nov 06
It may sound harsh but I firmly believe it's entirely the mother's decision. She will be the one carrying the child, giving birth and raising it.
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@baronarthur (4187)
• Indonesia
11 Nov 06
Neither Father nor mother have the choice. God has the best choice for it. The life is belong to the baby from God, not his/her parents.
• United States
26 Feb 07
Beautifully put--baronarthur----God is the giver of life and we shouldn't be the ones to destroy a life that he has breathed into and created.
@wahmoftwo (1296)
• United States
10 Nov 06
I think that the fathers should have a say.. but realisticly the woman could go and have an abortion without the man ever even being aware of a pregnancy.
@denax1 (708)
• United States
10 Nov 06
I think the father should have a choice. I understand that it is the woman who has to go through the pregnancy and delivery, but the father should have the option to keep and raise the baby.
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@pendragon (3349)
• United States
12 Nov 06
I think they should have a choice.
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@suzieque (2334)
• Canada
10 Nov 06
Yes I do. It was created by both of them and the man should have a say to it.
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• United States
26 Feb 07
I agree with you suzieque, too many times the women takes it upon herself to do this and the man is left heart broken when he finds out. I know that is not the case always but enough times that the man should be in on deciding what choice.
• Romania
11 Nov 06
The man and the woman are a couple then it`s a couple decision of having the baby or not. They had the baby together well they have to decide in the same way.
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• United States
11 Nov 06
In an ideal world they would both have a choice. Reality hits and it's the woman carrying the child. If the labor could be transfered to the men I would say give the men more chioces. The problem I see with this one is that I wanted to keep my child. My daughters father wanted me to have an abortion. When I decided to keep her he tried to do the right thing and marry me. I am no fool we did not marry. And now for someone who didn't even want her he's in her life enough to be a problem but not enough to care. Sucks but thats life I guess. The problem really arises with the situation of what if the man wanted to keep the baby but not the woman. Suppose he could pay for the entire pregnancy and birth, but then when she had the baby not be willing to hand it over...PROBLEMS...this is a really difficult situation. I don't think there will ever be a real definate answer to this one!
@eden32 (3973)
• United States
13 Oct 07
It should be 100% the woman's choice. Most women will choose to tell their partners, most women would want and/or need her partner's support. It's safe to assume that women choosing not to tell the DNA donor have valid reasons for making that choice. God/nature has deemed that it's women who carry pregnancies, birth babies & nourish them through their first year (or more). If God/Nature has decided that we are capable of those things, then we must also be capable of turning down those things.
@dimaks (786)
• Japan
2 Sep 07
why should there be abortion in the first place? why make a baby if you just abort and end the innocent's life?
@icon_001 (584)
• India
4 Sep 07
While Mothers should normally have the major say on this issue ;Fathers should also have a say. If there is a case where a Mother is being unreasonable and not listening to anybody and wants Abortion; Father should also have say in the matter.