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   Daniel T. wrote:   
   > "David V."  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Daniel T. wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> "Chris"  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> To me, Abortion should always be up to the woman.   
   >>>> It's her body, afterall. No matter how much of the   
   >>>> "seed mixture" is part of a man, the man doesn't   
   >>>> have to bear the burden, so the decision is   
   >>>> ultimately hers', and rightly so.   
   >>>   
   >>> The nine month gestation period is a very small part   
   >>> of the process of raising a human being. It seems to   
   >>> me, if the father is willing to bear the burden of   
   >>> the rest of the raising, then it is reasonable to   
   >>> expect the woman to bear the smaller burden of having   
   >>> the child, even if she doesn't want it.   
   >>   
   >> That's fine, as long as you can take the fetus out of   
   >> the woman and place it in the man. Other than that,   
   >> you're just reducing the woman to a walking womb.   
   >>   
   >>> The problem with your position is child support. The   
   >>> woman gets to decide if the child is born, but the   
   >>> man is forced to pay for 18 years based on her   
   >>> decision. If the abortion is totally up to the woman,   
   >>> then the child support should be totally up to the   
   >>> man...   
   >>   
   >> Then he should have used better precautions.   
   >   
   > That works both ways doesn't it.....   
      
   Life's a bitch, but I can't see any way around not being   
   able to force the woman to continue a pregnancy she does not   
   want. Just because the father wants to raise the child does   
   not mean you can take away the womans right to control over   
   her own body.   
   --   
   David V.   
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