Politics: Male Abortion

Abortion is currently legal—for women. In this case, the power swings innocently and logically towards the carrier. If a woman wants an abortion, there is currently no legal recourse for a wanting father. In a few states notification is required—but that is all. Whereas, if the father does not want a child and the mother does—the father is henceforth legally responsible for that child even if he did not want the pregnancy to come to term. Even worse, abandonment laws require child support but do not legally distinguish between a neglectful father and one who argued for an abortion or was lied to about birth control, etc.

I then maintain: if a mother may have an abortion without consent from the father, even if the father wants to have the child—there must be an equal right for the father to abort without the consent of the mother. Since this would be physically invasive—and criminal—I suggest a father’s version of abortion. This would constitute a father relieving himself of all legal responsibility currently given to fathers, while simultaneously losing all legal privileges and/or parental rights as a father. This of course would have to be decided upon and completed within the same time frame available for a woman to have an abortion without the consent of the father. Sex is mutual, and so are its consequences. Fair is fair.