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Originally Posted by CuriousToyBoy
So what is your position ?
Personally, I believe when men get pregnant, carry a child inside themselves for 9 months and then give birth, breastfeed and do everything else associated with motherhood, then, and ONLY then, should men have ANY say on the subject.
To me it's about being pro-choice.
The WOMAN'S choice.
And, also IMHO, it's a PERSONAL decision, NOT societal.
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On abortion as an
issue: While I respect the rights of men to speak their piece I will admit that their opinions don't carry much weight with me, since they have no first-hand experience with pregnancy and childbirth. Carrying to term may not be killing as many women as it used to, but that's only because we have sufficient medical technology that the conditions leading to those deaths are caught and treated earlier... it certainly ain't because we've
evolved enough that some of the effects of gestation and childbirth on a woman's body have become less dangerous!
Now, an individual man's "say" about the aborting of a child he sired is a totally different thing. Although his opinion should be taken into consideration, the decision is still ultimately up to the woman - since whatever choice she makes, the physical effects will be borne by her (and ONLY her). And it might make be a traitor to my sex in some people's eyes, but I think that if a woman decides to carry to term over the objections of the man, the right thing for her to do is to step the fuck up and raise the kid without suing for child support. But that's just me...
Comprehensive, reality-based sex education is the answer to further lowering the rate of abortions. The best we can hope for is for abortion to be safe, legal and RARE.