New Ohio Abortion Legislation: Fathers Will Have Final Say

kronox · 2011-07-27T13:55:54+00:00

Honestly I believe this bill is more about trying to make it harder to get an abortion than it is about mens' rights. Ohio also recently passed the "heartbeat bill" making it illegal to get an abortion once a heartbeat is detectable (which is a ridiculous law because by the time a woman realizes she's missed her period, it's already almost too late, there's already a heartbeat). This just slows the process of getting an abortion to the point where it becomes even more difficult in the event of rape or if the woman doesn't know who the father is, meaning less women can get an abortion who want/need one.

Now, if the heartbeat bill didn't exist, I'd be all for this type of legislation. If a guy wants to be a father, but the woman doesn't want to be a mother, fine, let her back out and give him sole custody. But then we need to change the laws so that if she wants to be a mother and he doesn't want to be a father that he isn't responsible once the child is born as well. I just think that there is a shady motivation for this bill.

solinv · 2011-07-27T21:20:16+00:00

This is an anti-abortion bill. Plain and simple. This is not about mens rights, this is not about womens rights. This is a nut-job trying to take a step to make abortions harder to get.

Fuck everything about this.

AnnArchist · 2011-07-27T17:00:27+00:00

Thats disgusting. This is not mens rights, this is anti-choice fetus rights.

Elethiomel · 2011-07-27T15:29:51+00:00

This father's right aspect is just muddying the waters by attempting to hide the real intent of this bill. This is an anti-abortion bill. Women should not be forced to carry a fetus to term by anyone for any reason.

The so called "financial abortion" is a totally different issue.

2011-07-28T00:41:58+00:00

Tomorrows blog post: Republicans use father's rights to ban abortion

ManThoughts · 2011-07-27T19:45:19+00:00

I don't agree with this, and I'd prefer legislating a "paper abortion" option for men. but I'm also motivated to say "How do you like THEM apples, ladies?"

Sporky023 · 2011-07-27T21:02:39+00:00

I think this is the wrong direction to take. A father's consent should be necessary to carry the child to term.

In other words, either party should be able to veto a pregnancy, and consensus should be required to have a child.

thingsarebad · 2011-07-27T17:54:05+00:00

Good. Let's see how women like it. When women are forced to spend their life caring for a child they don't want just like men are today, people might think twice about it.

Title	New Ohio Abortion Legislation: Fathers Will Have Final Say
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Date	July 27, 2011 12:49 PM UTC (14 years ago)
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