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'You don't owe him anything'... really??


I'm not opposed to abortion. I've thought it over for years and I think it has to be allowed, and don't denigrate anybody's decisions on whether or not to go through with one. So let's get that out of the way...

But I don't get where this attitude comes from. The idea that men have absolutely no say at all in such a matter is a bizarre forgone conclusion for a lot of people. The idea that the man cannot weigh in or have a right to contribute to the decision is strange to me considering the same people usually want the men to accept full responsibility with regards to the decision after it's made. It's just strange to me. Whatever the decision may be it will alter the all the lives of the people involved. It's just odd that it's this clear social contract for some people that it's a woman's body so it's her choice and her's alone and men have no rights in this regard.

I haven't seen the film so I don't know of this is the attitude it takes. I just heard that line in a clip.

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This whole thread kind of reminds me of the time when a man in my city filed an injunction against a woman he had impregnated, to try and prevent her from terminating the pregnancy.

And a lot of the comments seem to reflect how hard society is finding it to come to grips with the idea of a woman having full control over her own body; particularly if that control affects a man's life in any (adverse) way.

Like I say, if men do not want to become fathers, they must step up and take full control and management of their own fertility. Not sure why that doesn't seem to be a popular concept.

**Have an A1 day**

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