Wow, "Do you support abortion?" I think it should be legal and rare so I guess I have a similar relationship to abortion as I do to chemotherapy; I think they should be legal but I would not consider myself to "support" either one. I am anti-abortion and pro-choice. I cannot answer the poll because neither option makes sense to me.
Leo raises some interesting points. I agree with Binny that the choice should ultimately be up to the mother about whether to abort the pregnancy or not, but I find her take on the situation very callous. I have a friend who impregnated a woman and that women aborted the pregnancy without even talking to him; her decision still haunts him to this day.
The callous man outlook on this would be to shift the burden of raising children wholly onto women. Poof, now women have all the control but men have no responsibility so if we get a woman pregnant we can just leave her, claiming that she could have gotten an abortion if she couldn't afford the child. I think this is the male equivelent of a women denying the man any input into the decision.
How do you compare a 9 month rollercoaster of emotions and rapid body changes to 18 years of fiscal responsibility? What a legal nightmare!
Rhizo
Leo raises some interesting points. I agree with Binny that the choice should ultimately be up to the mother about whether to abort the pregnancy or not, but I find her take on the situation very callous. I have a friend who impregnated a woman and that women aborted the pregnancy without even talking to him; her decision still haunts him to this day.
The callous man outlook on this would be to shift the burden of raising children wholly onto women. Poof, now women have all the control but men have no responsibility so if we get a woman pregnant we can just leave her, claiming that she could have gotten an abortion if she couldn't afford the child. I think this is the male equivelent of a women denying the man any input into the decision.
How do you compare a 9 month rollercoaster of emotions and rapid body changes to 18 years of fiscal responsibility? What a legal nightmare!
Rhizo
