My answer to this debate has always been thus: Until a woman can spontaneously impregnate herself without the aid of a man's sperm, the responsibility for the pregnancy falls squarely on the shoulders of two people. It doesn't matter who is carrying it, they are equally responsible for its existence.
Women can give a baby away for adoption, and women can have an abortion. A man, being equal partner in the creation of the fetus, has no options whatsoever. That is inequality.
And I'm tired of all the "if you didn't want to be a daddy, you should have kept it in your pants" bullshit talk. The woman, unless RAPED, is exactly as much at fault for the conception as the man, but the man has no options should conception occur. That, too, is inequality.
And not only does the woman have all the options, but she's the only one who can make the decisions to keep or not keep the baby. If the woman doesn't want it, and the man does, the man is totally fucked. In the reverse situation, the man is still fucked. Now, i'm not AT ALL suggesting that the man should have to give permission for an abortion or adoption... but you must recognize that inequality.
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