Black Wolf Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 (edited) What do you mean by "a say"? Sorry, Perhaps I should have made that more clear. A man can feel free to try to convince her not to get the abortion, but in the end, legally, his say is not binding. The law can't force a man to ask a woman not do something, but the law can't force a woman not to get an abortion. Edited December 6, 2009 by Black Wolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windyfellow Posted January 9, 2010 Report Share Posted January 9, 2010 Ideally, it would be be a mutual agreement, but if not, then I believe that the decision should rest with the woman because of the fact that in our society women are held more responsible for their children than men, i.e. single mothers are the poorest people in our society. This is pure pragmatism. I'm not disagreeing with your conclusion, but the reasoning behind it is flawed. The decision rests with the woman independent of what value system "society" holds, and even if single mothers were the richest people in our society, such a thing wouldn't matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-C Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 No, a man should not have a say. And a man should also not have to pay for the baby if the woman decides to keep it, but the man doesn't. This is my view. The corollary of responsibility is choice. Either the man can choose, or he is not responsible. A contract, most commonly marriage, would make his obligation to provide for the child the default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aequalsa Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 And a man should also not have to pay for the baby if the woman decides to keep it, but the man doesn't. Did you mean to say "does" because otherwise I don't believe that is true in most US states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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