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Originally Posted by genuinegirly
Ah. Yes. Martian, I am not saying that a woman should not consult the father. I am simply stating that there should be no legal requirement of his compliance with the decision to obtain an abortion.
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But if the man has no legal rights in regards to the child, then it amounts to the exact situation you're decrying in reverse. At that point it ends up being that the man gets to have a say in the discussion, unless the woman doesn't like what it is.
The most reasonable solution in my mind is for an abortion to require either the consent of both parties, or for the father to abdicate any responsibility. Perhaps a failsafe of allowing the woman to make the decision unilaterally after making reasonable efforts to contact and consult the father, but other than that I don't believe the woman should have the right to make a decision in this regard without the father's consent.
I seem to be in the minority in the way I think on this.