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Originally posted by sphinxpoet
Here is the real issue no matter how you feel about abortion:
In this society we place a great emphisis on women's rights(as we should)
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This, and ALL societies have double standards for both men and women depending on the situation. On this particular subject, the parental rights of the mother trumps those of the father (in utero) because after the sperm has been deposited, he has a free ride to skip town and the mother is left holding the bag until the baby is born.
With this in mind (
BIOLOGICALLY (as the men in the room conveniently forget) as well as socially, the courts have decided that as long as SHE cannot "walk" away from that thing in her belly when times get tough, then she SHOULD be allowed an out before the baby is born in the same way that the man is free.
After the child is born BOTH parents are EQUALLY responsible for its heallth and welfare. If the mother choses to walk out and leave Junior with daddy she is as responsible for it as a Dead-beat dad would be.
So, as I have stated time and time again, if a man can find a way to make the fetus or embryo or zygote as BIOLOGICALLY dependant on his presence while it is in the womb, as it is on the mother, then no one can deny him his rights.
This isn't an Amercian society issue, or one the courts can really decide equally. Not becuase fathers do not matter, but because mothers are incapable of separating themselves from a pregnancy as easily as a man can. If you do not like biology, then, oh well.