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Old 02-09-2003, 02:19 PM   #13
Bardan the Slayer
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Join Date: August 16, 2002
Location: Newcastle, England
Age: 46
Posts: 699
Quote:
Originally posted by WillowIX:
If a woman feels that she do not want to keep her child, no man has the right to tell her she must continue her pregnancy.
I notice you refer to it as "her" child, and the man is faceless. Men tend to love their children just as much as women do. A man is just as responsible for the chil;d as the woman is. Without the man, no conception. No man, no baby. Yet all the physical and emotional ties between a man and his child are ignored.

Yes, the woman suffers the effects of pregnancy. Yes, they can be difficult. That is why we have contraception. It's not 100% effective, but it's rather close. Does this give her the right to abort without even consulting with the father?

I would be damn annoyed if a woman suddenly announced "I took the decision to kill our child because it was making my ankles puffy (or 'I don't want stretchmarks), and as a woman, it's my right to make that decision regardless of what you say."

In all other aspects, a man is held as accountable as the father of the child, yet has no say in it's life or death? Disgraceful.
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