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A woman's body is now and will forever be her own personal property. The uterus inside that body and any contents therein are solely her responsibility. In a perfect world, husbands and wives would find themselves on the same side when it came to making a decision for or against abortion. There would be a healthy and open conversation about the life changing decision to be made and they would come to that decision together. In the case of a disagreement, however, the decision is ultimately up to the woman within which the fetus resides. No matter which way you cut it (no pun intended), there is no fair way to take that decision away from the pregnant woman.

Forcing a woman to carry a pregnancy that she doesn't want or is otherwise opposed to is wrong - and for her husband to be the one doing the forcing is cause for divorce. And what about the opposite end of the spectrum? Should a husband be able to force an abortion on a woman that wants to carry her pregnancy to term? Absolutely NOT.

The debate in question also leaves room for all sorts of spin-off questions. What if the father and mother aren't married? Should an unwed father have less of a say in what the mother of his child does than a married father? What if paternity isn't confirmed? What if there is no paternal involvement? Should the mother be forced to track down a dead-beat 'sperm-donor' to get his permission to abort? What about in the case of rape?

The simple answer is to leave the decision up to the only person who really and truly has possession and ownership over the pregnancy - the mother. We can only hope that husbands and wives will find themselves on the same side of the discussion and that the decision is made without hostility or resentment.

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