There are two ways to rectify the double standard.
One, allow the man to have equal say in the choice of abortion.
Two, allow all men who help conceive the option of giving up their responsibilities as a parent.
I don't like either option. The first one, from an 'abortion should be legal' perspective doesn't make sense because it's all about what the woman wishes to do about the conditions of her body. The man might've been co-creator, but it's not he who is loaning a part of his body to the birthing process.
Two's the one that makes the most sense, at least internally, because then the woman always has the option of removing a child she can't afford to take care of, and if she doesn't use that option, then she shouldn't be able to force part of the burden on the man who had no say in the choice of abortion. After all, it'd be irresponsible of the woman to not abort the clump of cells and the man would have no way of preventing this irresponsibility.
I'd choose option C, "make illegal all abortions that aren't needed to save the mother's life", but until/unless that happens, B would be the logical choice.
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I wonder if we're stuck in Rome.
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