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The popular notion that a woman's body is hers and she should be able to do with it as she pleases is really ludicrous. Nothing belongs to us; our life isn't even ours. Where do any of us get off thinking we own this vehicle we are traveling around on the world in? We don't own anything; we are only leasing our bodies.

When you lease a vehicle can you change the engine if you want to? Can you cut the top of the car off and make a convertible out of it? Can you do anything to it that will change it? It's the same thing with leasing property. Generally the lease contract even says you cannot do anything without the owners consent. Try getting the consent of the owner of your body to let you pull a human being out of it before it is ready.

When you become a wife you lose that total independence of your single life. The Bible tells us;

"Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh." Genesis 2:24

One flesh; no more separate, but one. What you do, he does and vice versa. You no longer function independently. You became a wife so you could be a wife, not a single woman. When you discuss a major change to your body like an abortion, you are not asking for permission, you are only extending the courtesy of asking for your husband's input. The Bible also tells us;

"The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife" 1 Corinthians 7:4

This means we each own and control one another. Some couples allow this arrangement to lean too far to one side so it looks more like control alone. When equalized, this principal works very well. A wife should want to belong, as should a husband. You both have control of each other now. Neither one of you are your own keeper. You came into the union with this understanding now why would you choose to revise it?

Besides the obvious "You don't get pregnant alone," There are many other questions one could ask that may underscore how wrong it would be for a wife to get an abortion without asking the husband. None of the following are even close to the severity of an abortion but they are physically altering.

1) Should your husband get a vasectomy without asking you?

2) Would you mind if your husband came home with a tattoo across his chest?

3) What if your husband had his nipples pierced without telling you about it?

4) Could your husband have his genitals shaved without your knowledge?

5) Would you be upset if your husband had a gastric bypass without your input?

6) How would you like it if your husband had his tongue pierced, unbeknownst to you?

7) Your husband had his chest hair waxed; would you mind?

8) Is there anything on your husband's body he could get pierced, not asking you, and you wouldn't care?

9) How about a Mohawk haircut or shaved bald? Do you want him to talk to you first?

10) Would you mind if your husband donated a kidney to a perfect stranger?

These are all physical alterations to your husband's body. He is doing it because he thinks his body is his. He doesn't believe you should have any say in the matter. Is he right? Be very honest with yourself and us. Do any of those actions require a husband speak with his wife first? Do you, as his wife, have any rights whatsoever when it comes to any of those actions?

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