• KISSmyOS@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    No, it should not. When two consenting adults have sex without protection, the resulting pregnancy shouldn’t be the sole problem of the woman.

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      She is the only one granted the choice to end the responsibility. The father is left with massive financial responsibility for 18 years, that the mother had the choice to prevent. This even occurs in cases of rape.

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        An abortion is a medical procedure that has a high risk for the woman, and carries with it the trauma of ending a human life.
        Yes, she is the only one granted the choice to end it. Because “it” happens within her body.

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          An abortion is a medical procedure that has a high risk for the woman, and carries with it the trauma of ending a human life.

          Should the mother or father be given custody assuming both parents are equally fit and willing? Should the father be able to say either put the child up for adoption or not pay child support? Obviously this lack of choice could happen to the mother too, but she had 9 months of another choice.