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Originally Posted by Eastern Girl
Well, Flashpoint, like you I support abortions, but I don't necessarily see it the same way you do. I view it primarily, although not exclusively, as a womens rights issue. I don't like the idea that someone could tell me what is okay for me to do with my own body. I am not saying that I could ever have an abortion myself, but I would like to know that if it were something I chose to do, or wanted to do, the option would be there regardless of what other people think of it.
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Two questions.
1) Should abortion be used as a form of birth control? If we argue that it is exclusively a women's right to choose then this is essentially what we are saying.
I agree - it should be a woman's right to choose. But when framed as a form of birth control, I certainly feel less comfortable with it. Make no mistake - rightly or wrongly this is what we are moving towards.
2) What about the man's rights? A woman can choose to carry the child for 9 months, and this ties the man to 18 years of child support. How is this equitable? She has the ultimate decision to have the child or not. The 2/3rds of a year she carries the unborn is what gives her the right to decide the fate of the father for the next 2 decades.
This doesn't seem fair to me.
And what of the flip side - under what circumstances (if any) should a woman be obligated to carry a child to term?
Many questions. No answers.