Abortion has nothing to do with women's rights. Murder is not a right.
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Anonymous2006-09-07 17:46
Hello, I am a 29 year old married man and would like to state my position when it comes to responsibility and rights to a child. I'll put out points from different perspectives.
I do appreciate having my voice out and opinion when it comes to abortion, but I will respect my wife and let her make the final decision, it is her body that is going to be affected afterall. I would never force my wife to carry a pregnancy to term no matter how much I would have wanted a child, I will not be that selfish and barbaric, never. NEVER EVER.
If I didn't want to be the father of a future child from my wife, then I'd make sure to wear a condom and ask her to use any contraceptive available. If she refuses, however, I'll still accept any consequence that may occur.
If my wife became pregnant and I didn't want the child but she did, I would not force her to have an abortion against her will. I will still accept my half of the responsibility for the child after birth or I will talk to her about adoption. If she doesn't want to go with adoption then that's fine with me, I'll still father the child even though I never wanted it to start out with. Afterall, it is still half of me.
Children are of course both the reponsibility of their parents 50/50. I do understand that however, some men are not good fathers and so the mothers may take full custody of them. The same goes vice versa if the mother isn't well fit, then the father may take full custody. However, if both are able-bodied parents, the mother may have the children if she pleases, since I do believe that mothers put a lot more time and care into raising them than the father, not to mention she was also the one that had to experience change of body and labor, it's hard work. Although, I believe the child has the say to which parent he/she would rather be with.