Should fathers have rights when it comes to abortions?

Question

it is their child too...

Answer 1

Of course they do, it's as much as their child as it is yours. So why shouldn't have they any rights? If you're fighting for custody, does a father automatically say, i don't want my kids? Or they aren't my kids you can take care of them? Of course not.  

Just because a woman lives with the pregnancy, it doesn't mean a father has no right. Without the father, there would be no child...so yes they do!  

Answer 2

So, if the father wants to keep the child & the mother doesn't, she should be forced to act as an incubator?

Answer 3

Well, they should have as much say in it as the girl, I know it is the mother who has to carry the baby, but the fathers helped make it! Its as much their baby as it is the mothers. I think it should be a decision made between the parents. If the mother wants an abortion, but the father doesn'tt, then maybe the father could take care of the baby and vice versa. But I think that both parents should take care of it, they both made it. If theydidn'tt want to have a child, theyshouldn'tt have had unprotected s*x.

Answer 4

Sure, as soon as we figure out how the father can carry the fetus in his own body.

Answer 5

According to God, Yes.  

Answer 6

If it were doable to transfer the fetus to some kind of artificial womb, he should have a right to have that done if she wants to terminate and he doesn't.  However, this remains technologically impossible.

Answer 7

Yes they should.  They might not carry it, but they are half the reason why the life has been created.  If a woman wants to terminate a pregnancy, she should have the consent of the male donor.  But this could cause problems, if a male just wanted to be spiteful, so maybe they should have to appear before a judge who would rule...I don't know...but it should be both parties consenting to the abortion.

Answer 8

He can express his desire, and his opinion should hold more weight than a stranger's,  but the final decision is the woman's.  After all, it is her body and her health that will be directly affected by pregnancy.  Only she can decide if bearing a child is worth the risks she faces.

Answer 9

I think that a woman should have rights over their own bodies - and considering the degree to which birth or abortion affects their bodies - the choice to abort physically should be theirs.

However I think that women should be in the same position as men, vice versa - and that means that men have the choice to abort rights and responsibilities.

That would mean thst if she chose to go to term she would have to make sure that the father wanted the same as she did - just as men have to. It would also mean that those women that want children and no father at all could actually attain that with minimum of fuss. It would also mean he would have the same level of right to elect himself to parenthood as she does. The right to self determination.

Answer 10

They cannot force a woman to carry a pregnancy to term.  The rights they have is choosing a partner who agrees with their views of abortion, and if they choose a woman who disagrees with them they could always make sure they wear a condom so that a pregnancy will not occur.   I suppose they could make a woman sign a contract (if they come to such an agreement) This could ensure that their wishes will be held up.  However, the father has to state his beliefs before the pregnancy ever occurs and ensure that their partner agrees with them.  

Answer 11

I think men should be able to sign away their parental responsibilities upon payment of a fee / community service. Allowing them to walk away scot free would give them even less of a sense of personal responsibility. Many of them don't have much to begin with so this wouldn't be a very good solution. It also wouldn't be an 'equal' solution as there would be no consequences - there are always consequences for the woman.

They should not have any rights with regards to whether the woman has an abortion or not. This is so obvious to anyone with a brain that it really doesn't need stating. Men may not like it, but the child IS physically more the woman's than the man's, so she gets the say. Anyway, how would men like it if women had the power to put them through a medical procedure that took a year to recover from and could cause them permanent health problems? And are those same men going to be jointly responsible for bringing up the child? Somehow I doubt it.

Lostfan -

"Edit: Sam, saying that its a huge injustice to put you through 9 months of a pregnancy against your wishes, but think about this, do you think its a huge injustice that i have to pay 50-55% of my income to you (alimony+CS) for 18-21 years?"

Yes, that's why I said I am in favour of men signing away their rights/responsibilities upon payment of a (one-off) fee / community service. Did you even read what I wrote?

In the UK I believe it is 15% of income for one child, 20% for more. And many men get away without paying anything quite easily.

Eoghan - no. The whole point is that an unintended pregnancy is quite punishment enough and does act as a deterrent in the minds of most women. Whereas there would be no comparable deterrent for men. And anyway, if the woman aborts, there is no need for a man to sign away his responsibilities (he gets away without a fee) > so this would put even more responsibility on the woman. I think my proposals are quite reasonable.

Answer 12

I think the father should be given the right to a "responsibility abortion", a  woman can decide whether to go ahead and have the child or not so a man should be given the same choice. This might encourage more personal responsibility on the part of woman.

Sam, hello my pretty, I'm not looking to start another fight, I'm just wondering if you would advocate a fine and/or community service for women who choose to abort.

Answer 13

They should have some some say, either be able to opt out or even pay the mother to go through pregnancy like a surrogate if they want the baby.  But no one should have ultimate say over someone else's body.

Answer 14

The day a man has a baby growing inside himself is the day he should get the right to abort the child...Hopefully though when you do decide to have a child (or not) you are with a partner who has the same views of such things as yourself...

Answer 15

Sure if they want 100% of responsibility.

Answer 16

In divorce a woman has a right to 50% of what the man has because she has put something of herself into his life and helping his life grow. I don't see in principle why - unless it is a miraculous conception - men's contribution to pregnancy should be ignored. Of course there is the practical issue of the woman carrying and delivering the child, but hey that's the way we are biologically designed so go rage against God.

I think the feminist movement have been particularly cynical in promoting the view that 'its my body so its my choice' and is typical of how self-centred feminism is. There are 3 people involved a pregnancy: the woman, the father, and the baby. To say the choice of termination or not is 100% for the woman to say is simply ignoring 2/3rds of the people who are involved. And feminists say they are not against motherhood? What is abortion if not the very opposite of what motherhood should be about.

Answer 17

Yeah, dad's have zero rights when it comes to this, in either direction.

If were going the "my body my choice" route, i'm gonna have to say a few things.

1. My money my choice.

2. If she doesn't want the baby and i do, even if i wanna raise it myself, the baby still gets aborted, and i'm left devastated, but whatever, i'm just a would-be dad, who gives a c**p.

Seriously, i dont think we should have complete control, but please, give us SOMETHING.

And people wonder why dads take off sometimes.....

Edit: Sam, saying that its a huge injustice to put you through 9 months of a pregnancy against your wishes, but think about this, do you think its a huge injustice that i have to pay 50-55% of my income to you (alimony+CS) for 18-21 years?

The payments are the "best interest of the child", but somehow, i dont think killing the child counts as being in the "best interest of the child".

Put that in your pipe and choke on it.

Madame Matriarch: Dur, i dunno, we pay for their well-being for 19 years, we serve as a reality check for teens, we give them advice when they need it, we keep them out of trouble....

What do you think a dad is worth? Cuz a dad every bit as important as a mother

Answer 18

No, it's not in their body. And most of the fathers wouldn't be prepared to bring the child up soley.

Answer 19

No, absolutely not!

Women carry the fetus, so its their choose weather to keep it, or abort it, it may seem unfair to men but that's just tough.

Men can have a say weather he pays child support or be a father though.

Until men can get pregnant themselves they will never have a say over a women's body, i know its his child too but shes the one carrying it, not him, and women cant have a say when it comes to his wallet either.

Answer 20

Hasn't this been asked on here over a million times; I don't think it has anything to do with you what other couples will do with their lives. I don't think it is any of your business what they decide in that situation. If it comes up in your life you deal with it how you want; but you can't tell any other person how to.

Edit: All the thumbs down coming from that progressive country you call America, where the news is opinions and evidence is polls? Where homosexuality is the devil and science is too? Ohhh America the home of the free, well of course that is as long as you think like the majority.

EDIT: Sorry Tracy; you are right. I just got caught up in my anger. I tend to mouth off when I m frustrated.

Answer 21

What rights would you have them possess?  

And what if there are several potential fathers?    

Answer 22

No, I'm not going to ruin my v****a and body and youth because some guy wants me to mother his child! If he wants children he can find someone else.

EDIT: What he does is easy - shoot his load. A woman has to carry it for 9 months then give birth to it. Partners really need to talk about where they are, whether or not they are ready or even want children. Nobody should be forced into parenthood.

Answer 23

Unfortunately, there is no way to meet the whims of both protagonist and antagonist, Ever.

Although science may one day have an answer (an ethical one), for now we have to make do with learning to respect one another's wishes.

Answer 24

bzzz lol u crack me up u carry it for 9 months yes....but WE pay for it for 18 years...if you get pregnant accidentally you can erase your mistake....if it happens to men we have to pay for it for 18 years wheres the justice there??????

"Nobody should be forced into parenthood" You say that but if a women wants to keep the kid but the man doesnt she has it anyway...thus he is being forced and has to pay for it......atleast if a women makes a mistake she can correct it...a man cannot...wheres the equality here

you say its your body....yeah we dont get a say...but as soon as its orn ur right at us saying "wheres my money, its your kid too"

funny how its not our kid when its deciding abortion but suddenly becomes equal responsibility when it comes to financial support

women also say " its my body, so its my choice" ok well its my money that your gonna be taking so its my choice whether i give you anything....does that sound fair?

EDIT tracey lol "No, sorry. It's inside someone else's body. No rights until the child emerges"

funny you want us to have no right till its born...funny how as soon as it born all men here is...wheres my money its your kid too...equal responsibility and all lol

you want our money becuase its "equal" responsibility then give us a choice in the matter

Answer 25

i guess it is there child too but its the woman who does all of the work lets face it if a woman is not emotionally sorted enough to have a baby then its her choice cause at the end of the day its her body. however the woman should have done something to prevent her getting pregnant if she didn't want a baby.

Answer 26

No, sorry. It's inside someone else's body. No rights until the child emerges.

That's always the way it will be, despite their bltching and moaning. Their effort would be better expended teaching young men about contraception.

Rage Against, try not to resort to bigotry against Americans in your anger that a few people don't agree with you. You have no idea who gave you thumbs down...there are many non-American anti-choice types on Yahoo Answers.

Answer 27

I think all abortion outside of those medical reasons should be illegal. So, my answer would be no for men and women to have the right to kill.