Should guys have a say-so in a pregnancy? If they don't want to become a parent do they have a right to make their partner take birth control? Do they have a say so about aborton? If the girl doesn't want the child can the father fight her to carry the pregnancy to term so that they can have the child? What would you do if your partner made a decision without you?
thank you!
Camillia Walker 4:30
25 comments:
Guys should absolutely have rights! I don't believe that they should have the right to make their partner take birth control, but I feel that they have every right in making the decision to keep a child to full-term. If the father of the baby is willing to take care of the child and help raise it, then he should have a say in whether or not the child lives or dies. I have friends that have children. One friend doesn't want to be a father, so he told his girlfriend not to put his name on the birth certificate. Another friend faithfully and religiously takes care of his daughter, eventhough she does not live with him.
Guys should have every right to be a father if they so choose. Any regular Joe can get a girl pregnant, but it takes a man to step up to the plate and take care of his child.
*~Lynette Reitmeier~*
Guys should be able to have say so in pregnancy. If they didn't want to become a parent, then they shouldn't have unprotected sex in the first place or no sex at all. They should have atleast some knowledge of the consequences. Know that if you get a girl pregnant, it's your responsibility to be the father and help raise the child. Guys should't be allowed to make their partner take birth control. It's their partner's decision. They can encourage or discourage the thought of birth control but if they really don't want a child, then don't have sex. The guy should be able to keep his kid alive. Even if the mother doesn't want the kid, she should carry out the pregnancy and hand the rights over to the father. Girls know the consequences same as guys do. I would be mad if my partner made a decision without me. I was one to help give the baby life. I should have a say so in whether to keep or not to keep the child. I am responsible for my own actions and so is everybody else.
Jesse Kaufmann
Yes I think guys should have a say so in a pregnancy because they are going to be the parent also. I also think that a woman should respect it if a man does not want any children and vice versa.
Mykeshia Lipscomb
I do believe that a guy should have some say when it comes to pregnancy issues. Telling his partner to take birth control against their will is inappropriate though. If the woman doesn't want to take birth control then either take your own birth control precautions or don't have sex, plain and simple. You don't have to have sex to have a relationship. Those who decide that they want to must, both, deal with any dire result that may follow. The woman has a large amount of say also, however, she should not be allowed to keep a baby in spite of the guy. Using a baby as leverage is wrong and just plain evil. There are way to work out a compromise in situations like this.
I think that men should have more rights to children. It’s not fair because it takes a woman for a man to become a father but it doesn't take a father for a woman to become a mother. I don’t think it is right for a man to make a woman take birth control but I do think it’s right that if a man doesn’t want a child he needs to wrap his stuff up. If the woman wants to get rid of a pregnancy and the father doesn’t I honestly do believe that the woman would have to carry the child to full term and after she has the child, if she still doesn’t want it she needs to sign over all rights to the father.
Shayna Garrelts (4:30)
I believe once a guy shoots that load in a girl he has no rights to it.When the baby is born i think he should have a 50/50 say concerning the baby.My view on abortion is If you are against abortion then dont have one.
Okay, yes, guys should most defanately have a say so in a pregnancy. No, they don't have a right to make there partner take bith control, but they have all the right in the world to use condoms. I say the guy should have a say so in abortion and if he wants the girl to keep it when she doesn't he should pay for the bills, vitamins and extra food. (Of course if the girl changes her mind and wants to have the keep the child after it is born she should pay have of what the man paid.) As for what to do if the partner maid a decision w/ out you... well, what could you do?
Guys have the right just as much as girls do! I feel that it is very selfish for someone to make a decision without the other knowing. Sometimes it is good for a couple to discuss this before they start having sex that way they can help prevent a pregnacy or prepare for it when it comes!!
**Joy McNeal**
The guy should have a say in the pregnancy, if they dont want the child or can't afford to have a child then he shouldn't have to deal with that responsiblity. But it boils down to what the women want since she's the one who is carring the child. I feel if the father doesnt want to take responsability then should be able to do that. If the girl's the one who wants to keep the child then she should have to do it on her own.
No I dont think guys have a say so in a pregnancy. In most cases, they be so determined to have sex but never ready to face the consequences that might come along with it. Whether or not a female wants to take birth control is her decision for the most part but she should discuss it with her partner. No guys dont have a say so about an abortion because they dont have receive the abortion, women do. I am a female, therefore my partner doesnt get to make a decision without me. I get to make a decision without him.
-LaTia Alexander
I don't believe that a guy should have the right to make a woman carry a baby to full-term if she doesn't want to. She is the one that has to carry it around for nine months and give birth and she shouldn't have to do that. However, before a couple decides to have sex they should agree on what they would do if pregnency were to occur. If they can't agree then they probably shouldn't be having sex.
Brittany Clapper 9:00
If a guy is told that his girlfriend is pregnant and he flips out and denies that he could be the father. And if the girlfriend has only been with him. Than he has very few rights.
The birth control issue should have been discussed from the get go, birth control is not 100% safe, so if he didn't want to take the chance he should not have had sex with her.
I do not believe in abortion unless it is a life or death issue for the mother. There are too many people that would love to have that child. If she didn't want a baby, she should have thought of that before she had sex. It is not the babies fault that it was conceived.
So this is where his few rights come into play. In my opinion, he has the right to stop an abortion. But he must help her financially to get the counseling she is going to need, and to help pay for the doctor and hospital visits.
If he wants the baby then he should then take custody and raise it. If he does not want the baby, than he should have already gone to the different organizations and had it set up so the baby has a home to go to after delivery.
I feel its the womans body so she can do what she wants. I dont think the father should be left out, just informed of her decisions. If theyman doesn't want kids and knows the outcome to sex is children and wants his partner to take birth control, she should. I feel that would be trapping the man, if you have unprotected sex and do not take birth control and he states he wants you too. Neither parent should be forced into parenthood. People need to be more sexualy educated with their partners, find out they dos and dont.
Personally I don;t believe in abortions so that is comlpetely out the question. Before the fact of a pregnancy a guy could definitely suggest say a birth control or just use protection. Now the hard part is if the mother doesn't want the child. Yes, she is carrying the child for 9 months, but if the father is to let her loose it or abort it he looses a part if him with it. Personally I would want to keep my child, and if my partner made a decision without me to get rid of it, I honestly don;t know what I would do because my heart probably would be broken.
Guys should have a say so because its not just the womens child the guy should have a say so. i dont think the guy should try and make the girl the a birth control but he dossent want eny kids then he should take the initiative and wear a condom. i feel that the father should be able to fight for his child..i would be very upset if my boyfriend went and made a huge decision withouht me knowing about it...*Maria Johnson*
I think that they should both take the decision. I believe that everyone should use protection, specially if it's just a one time thing. Unless you are having sex with someone that you want to be with for the rest of your life and protecting yourself isn't a big deal acording to both and taking the risk everytime it happens and having a baby wouldn't be a problem. Afortunally I'm the woman, my partner couldn't make any decision becasue it would be me who would be having it and not him. However, if you ask me if I would ever make a dcition without my partner, I would say never!! I think that both, the man and woman, are responsible. And not just beause one is having it and the other made the accident changes things.
~Marisol Oliva
Guys should have little to no say so. I think by having sex, they've made their choice that if she becomes pregnant I can handle it. If you aren't ready to handle the results from intercourse then you shouldn't yet be having sex. If she doesn't want to take birth control, and you don't want to be a father, don't have sex. That is just dealing with the first step of pregnancy, actually getting there.
Once the woman is pregnant it should be a joint decision on keeping it. They need to decide if they can bring this newborn into a good life. If the baby is going to cause harm to the mother, then the mother should have the choice, but if it is presumed to be a normal pregnancy then it should be a joint decision.
If it was an unplanned pregnancy and she she decided to abort, then it should be less guy involvement. If it was planned, then the abortion needs to be discussed thoroughly before any decision is made. As you see I'm kinda teetering on this issue, there are just so many scenarios in which pregnancy comes about and the ways it can be handled.
Of course guys should have a say in it. It takes two to tango, and it also take two to make a baby. Yes, it is the woman who carries the child, but I wouldn't want to make a life altering decision without my partner's consent. Both parties need to think about things like birth control and abortion before they have sex too.
Damn right guys have the right to have that decision. They obviously cannot force their partner to take birth control but it should be a mutual decision. If the guy does not want to be a father then yea there should definetly be a heart to heart convo about what the heck to do. Same thing with abortions. They should have just as much say in that as the girl does. I think it is very selfish of a girl to not give the dad at least a say so in this matter
(Brandon Daniels 4:30)
I dont think that guys should have equal rights. Should they be able to make a girl take birth control-no. But in the final decision of wether or not to keep a child-yes. Obviously there should be regulations. If the mothers life is in harms way, or if she was raped, etc. though in most situations men need rights too. They can express their concerns but i do believe that there needs to be joint decision making involved. But i believe part of the mans responsibility should be in discussing their childs life together with their partner,but ultimately i believe the woman should have the final say. It is her body that must carry the child for 9 months. she is the one that must change her lifestyly and adopt to taking care of another living being.
Ashley Gentner (4:30)
The guy does have a say-so in the whole thing because it is his kid to, but it is mostly up to the women whether she wants to keep it or have an abortion. The couple made the decision to have sex and not be careful about it, then they have to make the decision to keep or abort the kid. The guy has no right to make the women take birth control, it is completely up to her whether she wants to be assure she can't get pregnant.
Ben Legner (1:00)
I wana say guys should have a right to make them carry the baby to full-term if they want to have the child, but it should probably be the womens final choice; she is the one carrying it for 9 months.
this is a very delicate situation and i think each case would be different. i think the relationship between the two would be a big part. if you're married, they guy has a say BEFORE sex, on saying if he wants a child or not. that would be a detail between them to work out. if you're not married, it is the woman's choice.
after the woman finds out she's pregnant, things don't really change. the child is inside the woman, therefore, the woman rules over every other opinion out there. it's her body.
i think that in the end, it is the woman's decision, considering the woman is the one who will eventually have to go through everything.
I think that guys should have a right to tell their partner that they want them to keep the baby. It's not all the girl's responsibility. If a woman wants nothing to do with her baby and the father wants to raise the child, then legally he should be able to stop her from aborting it. She should carry it and give it to him at birth. And I feel that if a couple is having sex they should talk about birth control - and if a woman doesn't want a baby she should be using some form of birth control. If I was a guy and my partner got pregnant, I would be devastated if she aborted it without teling me about my child.
i think the father of the child should have as many rights as the mother. i think its bullshit that they dont. the laws are the way they are and it sucks, i couldnt tell you how to make it better.
colin h.
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