Re:Creating a sperm or egg from any cell? Reproduction revol...
by jlawson on Monday May 29, 2023 @04:39PM
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Certainly, the fact that the woman carries the baby is an argument in favor of her having decision of whether to abort it or not.
(Not a perfect argument, since it is of course his child as well and killing it would seem to involve both of them.)
It's harder to argue that she should also be the one to decide who is forced to work to pay for the baby's upbringing for 18 years. There is no situation where the woman can be so forced; she would give it up for adoption instead, which is the female version of 'paper abortion'.
This is where the idea of paper abortion for men comes from.
(Not a perfect argument, since it is of course his child as well and killing it would seem to involve both of them.)
It's harder to argue that she should also be the one to decide who is forced to work to pay for the baby's upbringing for 18 years. There is no situation where the woman can be so forced; she would give it up for adoption instead, which is the female version of 'paper abortion'.
This is where the idea of paper abortion for men comes from.