Assertions:

  1. True Gender equality would dictate men get just as much freedom over choosing to parent a child as women.

  2. This freedom however should not violate anyone's bodily autonomy

  3. Having consensual sex requires both parties to consent and equally share the burden. Consensual sex includes any unspoken pacts that go along with it. Acts of purposeful subversion count as rape (IE pretending to be on the pill when not, poking holes in condoms, etc all count as rape as you have violated the pact of consent)

Thesis

Women having the capability of abortion gives them the capability of terminating this agreement the couple consented to and entered when having sex.

Men have no such ability, and must support the child and have no means to opt out and terminate the agreement.

Solution

Men should have the capability to also have an 'abortion' in the form of bureaucratic processes that allow them to 'sign off' their fatherly rights to an unborn child, up to and including the 2 month mark.

If the man was not informed of the existence of the child before the 2 month mark, he may request an extension to consider. It can be considered a woman's due diligence to inform a father that he is going to be... a father.

Women still should be entitled to the usual 3 month period to decide whether to have an abortion.

I believe men should only have 2 months, as the man's choice on this matter is very likely to be a very important influencing factor on the woman, so giving her an extra 1 month period to make her choice after the man's seems fair.

If you truly are pro choice, then you should have no reason to consider this unfair. When a woman consents to sex with a man, she is taking on the responsibility of the child just as much as him, and if he believes he will not be an acceptable father for the child and will be unable to provide the child with a good fatherly dues, then he should absolutely have the right to opt out of fatherhood before it starts.

Question 1: Do you agree/disagree with the above. Expand.

Question 2: Are you pro choice / pro life? How come?

Question 3: If you answered 'pro life' to the above, would you potentially consider altering your position if the above laws were proposed, because it levels the playing field back to a fair one?