Pregnant GF

[jackdaniels]

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I'm certainly not the first to say this in the thread, but I'll reiterate for you. Sex is not a right, it is a responsibility. If a man is not ready for the responsibility (however remote) of being a father, perhaps he should exercise some self-control. I don't accept the notion that it is somehow NOT the man's responsibility, just because he is not biologically capable of carrying the baby himself.

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You make it sound like the only voluntary participant during sex is the man and the woman is just "keeping him happy".

1. Both parties are equally responsible for birth control.
2. Both parties should be equally responsible for the decision to have children or abort.

Unfortunately, our societal norms dictate that the woman and woman alone has the right to make that decision and the man MUST be financially responsible for the outcome of that decision over an 18 year period (<- this may not be an accurate number, I just used the age of majority).

If we were living during the dark ages where birth control was unavailable/unreliable and an abortion had a HUGE chance of killing/hurting the mother it would be a different issue.

If we were living in a society where the only reason for sexual intercourse was procreation it would be a different issue.

But we live in a society where birth control is reliabale and available. Abortions, while unpleasant, are no more complicated than a root canal. We have sex for fun WAYYYY more often than we have sex to procreate. Should it still be right to force a guy, who made no mistake here but was a victim of circumstance (condom broke, she forgot to take the pill - whatever), to support a family he neither planned nor wants? Why should the woman decide this for the two of them? Why shouldn't the default be: "Our intention while having sex was entertainment, not procreation, as such the default rule is to abort"?

I think that as a society we should really think this one through. There are enough unhappy relationships, single parent families and suffering children out there already, someone needs to stop the insanity!