" If we are serious about legislating the birth of all fetuses, shouldn’t we hold the father just as accountable as the mother at all phases of gestation and life? Science has gifted us with the ability to do just that, and it could be considered a massive moral leap forward. Fetuses could now be automatically entitled to receive legal and social benefits, such as inheritance and Social Security, from their fathers. Many more could know their paternal medical histories. The government could save massive amounts of money by making fathers equally responsible for raising fetuses from conception through adulthood."
My mother used to quote Gloria Steinem "If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament."
I think this would be a clever way to ensure that the recent odious Texas abortion law gets repealed quickly. Similar potential laws being considered elsewhere would be smothered in their cribs. Why? Because men do not want unwanted children. They do seem to want women to be forced to deliver unwanted babies, because every baby has a right to live a miserable life in squalor and abuse.
It is a mystery why so-called right-to-life supporters insist on every pregnancy going to term, because they appear to care not a whit about the child once it draws breath, These are the same virtuous people who continually vote to cut-back on programs that would help the quality of life for such children, many of whom are doomed at birth -- born into a life of poverty and ignorance, or severely handicapped.
To me, Quality of Life is everything...from birth to death, With so many in this world living lives of pain, suffering and want, I cannot understand the thinking of those who pound the table for Birth at any cost.
The other part of the mystery is: How come those who loudly protest against "government over-reach" think that something as personal as giving birth (or opting for abortion) should be decided by government dictum. Maybe this is what shrinks mean by cognitive dissonance.
Technology has evolved to the point where the identity of the father can be established at the "heartbeat" stage. I think it is only fair to pass laws to make the father responsible for the outcome of the pregnancy. Who could object to that?
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3 comments:
Two questions:
1) I agree with you that fathers have a duty to help raise the children that they helped create … but should they then also have an equal voice in whether they are aborted?
2) Aren’t you happy that your Mom decided not to abort you?
1. No, they should not have an equal say. It's the mother's uterus. If the mother opts to abort, the father is absolved of responsibility.
2. Yes, I was fortunate enough to be born to parents that wanted another son --at east until I became a smart-ass adolescent. Luck of the draw.
1. If women laid eggs, then men would have a say?
2. So … abortions should be allowed unto the teenage years?
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