(September 30, 2015 at 4:49 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: [...]My other point was that fetus/embryo/baby is also a part of someone else (aside from the mother).
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No, I don't agree that a fetus is a "part" of the father - not in the same way it is a part of the mother. I understand, that a father may be - well, usually is - emotionally attached to the idea of having a baby, especially that it is a biological imperative, but it's nowhere near the same thing.
Sure - I may be biased, due to the fact that I know a lot of cases of fathers, who "changed their minds" about wanting the baby and left, whereas I don't know anyone who's girlfriend/wife had an abortion despite the father's commitment. But the sole fact that it's relatively easy to impregnate someone - even against their will - suggests that women's rights should be considered first on this issue, since they have to do all the "hard work" and are much more likely to be "stuck" for life with the results of a "mistake".
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
