Is a woman's right to choose Unconstitutional and discriminatory?

[Mattforclark]

I am a male. If I decided to get an abortion, could I get one? Under current law, I don't think that I could. It seems to me that granting only the right to choose to women is discriminatory, under the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment.

[JVS]

1. Remember Reg from Monty Python's Life of Brian?

[Catholic Sensation]

2. I wish to be called Loretta

[IronLionZion]

24. Men should have the right to have babies first

then the right to abortion.

Equality now!

[Goldmund]

3. Well, it depends.

I think the male should not have the right to force the woman to carry through her pregnancy.

But I do think that the male should have the right to be exempt from caring for the child if the woman decided to have the baby without his consent.

Unless, of course, she told him beforehand that she would not have the abortion if she got pregnant, and he still decided to have sex, so it's not a clear-cut issue. It would have to be decided on a case-to-case basis.

[Catholic Sensation]

5. he's upset because he can't get an abortion

and I agree, it totally goes against the 14th amendment that he can't get an abortion! </sarcasm>

[southerngirlwriter]

13. In reality, this is a prescription to put women and children

into worse poverty than their already too-high numbers.

A woman who has an abortion opts out of parenthood.

A man who is not required to support his child is being given an opt-out of RESPONSIBILITY FOR PARENTHOOD. The fact of parenthood is no different.

You think taxes are high now? Wait until every guy out there can decide that he never really wanted his kids to begin with. Most of those kids will be on some form of welfare, or they'll starve.

What you propose makes for interesting dinnertime conversation, but in reality would be a nightmare.

[Goldmund]

18. All good points

And I concede I haven't thought this through.

Maybe there can be a written document signed by both parties saying that they expect to abort if by chance they get pregnant.

But you think putting on a condom or a diaphragm interrupts the romantic flow? Think about what that would do...

[southerngirlwriter]

19. I like that idea.

I imagine that people would take sex a lot more seriously.

[slinkerwink]

26. this is what we discussed in my class, about how there should

be a legal contract for expectations of parenthood before getting pregnant when a couple marries.

[southerngirlwriter]

28. I was browsing at B&N last night and saw an interesting book

proposing licenses for parenting. The next time I save $20, I'm going to go buy it.

[slinkerwink]

29. exactly! but there are also arguments that it puts poor women at a

disadvantage who can't afford a license to parent. I wouldn't recommend parenting contracts as a law for everyone but as an individual contract between parents.

[sus]

4. as soon as you get yourself a womb

you just choose away.

[Van Helsing]

6. It takes two to make a baby...

so yes, I think the male should still be able to decide or not. I guess it just depends upon the situation and the case. :shrug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. if its in my body

and feeding off me..your ownership of the single sperm cell is rather unimportant.

[Mattforclark]

8. You're all missing the point!

Has nobody ever seen....



What about Ahnold?

[Catholic Sensation]

9. I figured the fact this discussion was in the lounge

would have tipped them off.

[JVS]

10. Arnold should have been forced into abortion!

Humanity cannot allow such freakish child-bearing men to reproduce! :-)

[Mattforclark]

11. Mandatory abortion?

What are you, a godless chinese communist?

[JVS]

12. Ixnay on the inesechay ommnistcay!

You'll blow my cover!

[NightTrain]

14. This is satire, right?

I mean, since a man can't get pregnant, why the hell would he need an abortion?

[slinkerwink]

15. this is a dumb poll because men can't get pregnant

[Mattforclark]

21. Ahnold can

[dpbrown]

16. I'd like to see you squeeze a baby out your urethra

Then I think you could squawk about your nonexistent rights.

DPB

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

17. What about me? I can't get a prostate exam!

And does my gynecologist check me for testicular irregularities? No! The system is so fucked up!

[Mattforclark]

20. Yeah, but

you could legally do all of that, couldn't you? There's nothing written in law barring you from doing that. So if you to be checked for "testicular irregularities," all you have to do is ask doc. ;)

[bhunt70]

22. In this movie where did the baby come out?

[IronLionZion]

23. C section

[IronLionZion]

25. Wait til Biggus Dickus hears of this! n/t

[geniph]

27. Sure, men can have an abortion

It's called an enema.