Should only women decide on abortion?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Yes, most definitely. At the same time, men should not be compelled to support the child if the woman does not abort.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Yes, most definitely. At the same time, men should not be compelled to support the child if the woman does not abort.

What about the opposite........what if the man wants the child and will raise it on his own if need be, and the mother wants to abort it?  Same answer?

     Yes, unfortunately. It's her body & if she doesn't want the fetus growing inside of it, I think that it would be wrong to force her to carry it to term.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Yes, most definitely. At the same time, men should not be compelled to support the child if the woman does not abort.

What about the opposite........what if the man wants the child and will raise it on his own if need be, and the mother wants to abort it?  Same answer?

     Yes, unfortunately. It's her body & if she doesn't want the fetus growing inside of it, I think that it would be wrong to force her to carry it to term.

Well, yes, I agree that's the way it is and will always be, I'm just not so sure it's "right", if you know what I mean.

     Yeah, I know what you mean. It would be nice if they could remove the fetus at any stage & put it in an artificial uterus or a surrogate mother should the father want it but the mother not, but I think that's some ways off.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Yes, most definitely. At the same time, men should not be compelled to support the child if the woman does not abort.

I've been arguing that the fact that women can opt-out of the child care by having an abortion while men don't have the same option available is wrong for some time. Glad to see someone shares my opinion. I think the cumpolsory abortion on the request of the father would be too harsh, though.

     Not only that, but allowing the father to force the mother into having an abortion would contradict the principle libertarian argument in favor of abortion rights. After all, if the mother has the right to remove the fetus at will because she owns her own body, wouldn't giving someone else say over whether she keeps or removes it be a critical infringement on her jurisdiction over her own body?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Yes, most definitely. At the same time, men should not be compelled to support the child if the woman does not abort.

I've been arguing that the fact that women can opt-out of the child care by having an abortion while men don't have the same option available is wrong for some time. Glad to see someone shares my opinion. I think the cumpolsory abortion on the request of the father would be too harsh, though.

     Not only that, but allowing the father to force the mother into having an abortion would contradict the principle libertarian argument in favor of abortion rights. After all, if the mother has the right to remove the fetus at will because she owns her own body, wouldn't giving someone else say over whether she keeps or removes it be a critical infringement on her jurisdiction over her own body?

Doesn't sound libertarian to meeeeeee.

     I wouldn't think that ownership of one's own body would sound libertarian to an ultra-collectivist anyway.