Many say it?s their body, their choice, it is women who get pregnant, women who have abortions, and only the women who suffers emotionally after getting an abortion. I beg to differ. Does the father have rights to be in the life of his unborn child? Yes, he does not carry the unborn child, but he has contributed half of himself into that baby like the mother has. The argument being that both men and women have the duty to make a good moral choice or a bad choice in the eyes of many. Men should be allowed to have a say in the life of an unborn child, whether he wants it aborted or to live. Just as he has a say in the life of the child if they were to be born. A man who shares in the act of conceiving a new life has a responsibility to care for and raise that child. ?Furthermore, men?s right to an abortion is predicated on an assumed traditional, male-centered sexuality where sex is defined by vaginal penetration, consent is simplified to yes or no, and women are subjected to the expectations of compulsory availability and heterosexuality?, says MRA. Since the man will be making all the decisions and financial payments when the child is to be born, he should also have the right to decide if he wants to keep this
Many say it?s their body, their choice, it is women who get pregnant, women who have abortions, and only the women who suffers emotionally after getting an abortion. I beg to differ. Does the father have rights to be in the life of his unborn child? Yes, he does not carry the unborn child, but he has contributed half of himself into that baby like the mother has. The argument being that both men and women have the duty to make a good moral choice or a bad choice in the eyes of many. Men should be allowed to have a say in the life of an unborn child, whether he wants it aborted or to live. Just as he has a say in the life of the child if they were to be born. A man who shares in the act of conceiving a new life has a responsibility to care for and raise that child. ?Furthermore, men?s right to an abortion is predicated on an assumed traditional, male-centered sexuality where sex is defined by vaginal penetration, consent is simplified to yes or no, and women are subjected to the expectations of compulsory availability and heterosexuality?, says MRA. Since the man will be making all the decisions and financial payments when the child is to be born, he should also have the right to decide if he wants to keep this