(September 30, 2015 at 2:24 pm)lkingpinl Wrote:(September 30, 2015 at 2:18 pm)Irrational Wrote: IMO, the father should only have a say if that's what the mother wants. If you think about it, it's the fair thing to do.
No one's saying abortion is easy, btw.
Well it seems the responses have been proposed as simple. It's the woman's body and ultimately her choice what to do. I don't disagree there as I feel any consensual sexual relationship should discuss the possibility of pregnancy and where each partner stands on conceiving and caring for a child. I tried to ask Rocket this question (and maybe he will respond), because of his recent over the moon excitement of having another child. I'm curious his reaction if his fiancee said that she was going to abort. He does support the woman's right, but IMO the father should have some say as its his DNA as well.
But yes, this topic is very difficult for a number of reasons.
Look at it another way. Would you rather the father forces the mother to bear the egg/embryo/fetus for nine months against her will? What if she changed her mind somewhere during the initial stages of pregnancy and decided she couldn't take it anymore? I would imagine it would cause her deep distress if she had to do what the father wanted instead.
Yes, it would suck for the father who really wanted a baby only to see his wife decide to abort, but woman's right to her body is more important to me than how the father feels about abortion even if his feelings also matter.
