Is it legal for women to get an abortion against the wishes of the father? (Posted on r/nostupidquestions)

rg57 · 2017-03-22T21:24:58+00:00

It should be. It should also be legal for the husband to divorce his pregnant wife (regardless of who is the sire) if she doesn't abort. And it should be legal for any father to sign a document to prevent any parental responsibility, prior to the birth.

Samantha_Cruz · 2017-03-22T20:43:25+00:00

under current law in the US we don't need the fathers consent to get an abortion and we don't even have to tell the father if we don't want to. We don't need a 'reason' either; our reason could be as simple as "i'm just not ready to have a child" or "it's an inconvenient time..." - I'm not a big fan of abortion however the baby could not survive without the host body for most of the first two trimesters so I'm not thrilled about the idea of banning them either.

However in the interest of 'fairness' - a woman can choose to have an abortion simply because she doesn't want to be on the hook to take care of a child for the next ~19 years... if that is an acceptable reason for the mother to abort then it should also be an acceptable reason for the father to opt out of the same ~19 years of parental responsibilities.

William__F0ster · 2017-03-22T20:25:37+00:00

Is this a rhetorical question?

As far as I'm aware, in my country the answer is 'Yes'.

hackableyou · 2017-03-22T22:54:52+00:00

Well if she is seeking money from him then the burden of proof is in her. An email. A shared visit to the doctor. Etc.

ThePigmanAgain · 2017-03-23T00:09:45+00:00

Yes.

ralphswanson · 2017-03-23T05:07:17+00:00

In my country, women have total freedom of reproduction. Men have none. A women can abort, deliver and adopt out the child, or force the father, or her husband even if he is not the father, to finance the child to adulthood. A man doesn't even have the right to know whether his child is to be aborted and certainly has no rights to know about his minor child's abortions.

Title	Is it legal for women to get an abortion against the wishes of the father? (Posted on r/nostupidquestions)
Author	Eternasphere
Upvotes	26
Comments	13
Date	March 22, 2017 8:18 PM UTC (9 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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