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When considering the consequences of unplanned pregnancy and abortion, the little discussed victim is the male. Once the sperm leave his body, control of the final result belongs to
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Abortion: Should the father have a say in the matter?
Rights to privacy and Supreme Court rulings notwithstanding, the acknowledged and confessed father of an unborn child must by
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by Karen Boyd
Absolutely; fathers must have a voice in abortion.
Why? The reasons are simple; nature and nurture.
First and foremost, by nature, it requires two individuals (mother and father) to
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Absolutely. The father of an unborn child has just as much right to that child as the mother. I will agree that the father does not have to bear this child, and his body does not
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by Jan Wright
A woman is not asexual. She does not have all of the ingredients at her disposal to produce a child independently of some type of male assistance. When a child is created, a male should
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I am single man who is not in any serious relationship at the moment. However, I believe that planning whether a couple should have a child and going through with it should be done
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Yes, I believe that the father should most definitely have a say in the matter regarding abortion that is depending on the situation. This is one of the hardest most important decisions
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by Ann Caimen
People try to make this issue about a lot of different things: feminism, God, human rights. To me it's about one thing: the child. I do believe life begins shortly after conception,
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A relationship is never one-sided. It is predicated on mutual trust and confidence. Abortion is largely induced by socio-economic factors like income levels, social taboos including
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by Sean Melvin
Being a male citizen, I strongly feel that in the case of abortion, the father should have a say in the matter. I personally don't support abortion because it's taking the life of
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by Dave Cupples
When the issue of abortion enters into a woman's pregnancy, the man should definitely have a role in the decision process. Traditionally, perhaps, abortion has most often been considered
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It takes two to make a baby, but only one to decide if that child should live. Ridiculous.
For years women have stood by the saying, "It's my body and I am going to do what I want."
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When it comes to abortion, most people have an opinion-one way or the other. Both sides of the argument have a reason why they are for or against it and people on both sides can
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It seems almost depressing that as a father I could have no say so in the abortion choice of my child. I am a very firm believer that abortion is wrong; however, I am not in the position
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by Mac a'Bhaird
At the present time that I am writing this article, I am also in extreme grief over the recent news about the twenty two year old second year medical student, Phillip Markoff, arrested
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by Char Brar
It takes two to make a baby, so it should take two to make the decision about whether or not to keep the baby. The only exception to this rule should be in case of rape, or when a
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Yes I do believe that the father should have a say in whether or not the child is aborted. Of COURSE he should! Why on earth would his opinion concerning the fate of his unborn child
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by Bobby Bentz
Yes he should in certain circumstances. If the father is screaming "just get rid of it" from the get go, then ignore that crazy goon until you make up your own mind. If he is a complete
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In an age in which men are expected to take a much larger role when it comes to family matters, it seems that this attitude has been flipped on one issue: Abortion. Instead of being
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Unless the father is one hundred percent willing to take on the whole role of parenting a child, he should have no say in the woman's choice to have an abortion. Even then, he should
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by Rose Calder
Of the many arguments involved in the ongoing abortion debate, one of the most often-heard is the tricky matter of whether or not the man involved in the unwanted pregnancy deserves
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Abortion. Should the father have a say in the matter?
First, I would like to know, what does have a say in the matter mean? Should he be able to give his opinion? Should he
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Abortion has been a controversial subject since before the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case that made abortion a legal medical procedure as long as it was conducted in the first
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Should the man have a vote in whether or not a woman can have an abortion, no. Until the father can give birth, he doesn't get the final say in anything that has to do with the woman's
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by Jenny Tolley
I am 100% in favor of father's rights after a child is born, but I don't think fathers should have a say as to whether or not a woman has an abortion. My opinion has nothing to do
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by Momma Melly
There are many reasons why a woman would chose to have an abortion. Health issues, poverty, rape, too many children or simply because they aren't ready to have a child. If the women
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by Casey Kelley
When the average woman goes through between ten and twenty hours of labor, a man should have no say in whether she has to experience that or not. When choosing to keep a child should
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by Doug Rainbow
Should the father "have a say" in whether awoman has an abortion? My "no" position comes with a very important caveat. The father's wishes should certainly be strongly taken into account
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The topic of abortion is controversial to begin with but it gets more so when you begin to dissect its many complicated layers and throw in the opinions, concerns and interests of
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by M Pereira
Most of the time an abortion is the result of an unplanned pregnancy, and so there really is no use to asking the father of the unborn child what he thinks of the medical procedure.
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