Re: Abortion

"David V." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Daniel T. wrote:
>
> > "Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> >> To me, Abortion should always be up to the woman.  It's
> >> her body, afterall. No matter how much of the "seed
> >> mixture" is part of a man, the man doesn't have to bear
> >> the burden, so the decision is ultimately hers', and
> >> rightly so.
> > 
> > The nine month gestation period is a very small part of
> > the process of raising a human being. It seems to me, if
> > the father is willing to bear the burden of the rest of
> > the raising, then it is reasonable to expect the woman to
> > bear the smaller burden of having the child, even if she
> >  doesn't want it.
> 
> That's fine, as long as you can take the fetus out of the
> woman and place it in the man. Other than that, you're just
> reducing the woman to a walking womb.
>
> > The problem with your position is child support. The
> > woman gets to decide if the child is born, but the man is
> > forced to pay for 18 years based on her decision. If the
> > abortion is totally up to the woman, then the child
> > support should be totally up to the man...
> 
> Then he should have used better precautions.

That works both ways doesn't it. Why can a woman get an abortion and you 
don't say "she should have used better precautions" but the man is 
forced to pay a 18 year burden based on a decision the woman makes 
without having to consult him at all? And then you say "he should have 
used better precautions"...

The fact is, if either of them don't want the child, then they both 
should have used better precautions. But they didn't, so now what? 

IMO if only one of the parents is willing to bear the burden, then the 
fetus should be brought to term and the willing parent should get full 
custody, while the other parent should be shut out of the child's life. 
No support, no visitation, nothing. I could see having the father give 
the mother some sort of birthing fee for her efforts though.