I'm not saying the woman should be forced to keep a child against her wishes
I'm not sure really what I am saying to be perfectly honest. I just don't like a situation where one person doesn't have any rights at all.
( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:36, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

i agree
my uncle's gf insisted on an abortion even though he wanted the baby desperately. fundamentally i think it has to be the woman's right to choose, as it's her body, but i have seen first hand how much it can fck up the father.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:38, Reply)

Of course it does.
It's terribly unfairly weighted, though. All family law is. Fathers are seen as disposable.
( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:40, Reply)

most men are

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:41, Reply)

Yeah?
We'll see how your tune changes when your dildo needs a battery change and doesn't have the first idea on how to put up shelving.
( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:43, Reply)

you know, every single clock in my flat tells a different time
you'd love it
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:50, Reply)

Again?!
I thought you'd got that fixed.
( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:50, Reply)

yeah but then batteries die
and the clocks go forward and.... urrrgh
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:54, Reply)

It's not unfairly weighted at all.
The father doesn't have to put himself through any physical discomfort or danger and therefore the entire decision rests with the mother. She should take on board the views of the father, but there is no possible way that you can make them binding in any way shape or form.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:46, Reply)

i agree with this
but i think it's fucking hard on the guy, if he wants to keep it, that's all. sad.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:49, Reply)

if he wanted to keep it
he shouldn't have flung his muck up someone that didn't want a baby.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:51, Reply)

Quite.
This is the key thing.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:54, Reply)

Luckily men are usually very careful about where they fling their muck

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:55, Reply)

*snort*

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:55, Reply)

Like I said,
I am not putting forward the idea that fathers should be able to overrule the mother's wishes. I've got no alternatives because there aren't any.

And I meant that family law in general, not specifically abortions, is unfairly weighted towards the mother.
( Kroney, Wed 26 Jun 2013, 14:50, Reply)