Reply #372: Wrong! [View All]

[Madrone]

I'm saying that I take personal responsibility very seriously, it takes two to tango, and that although I DONT want it legislated I feel I am morally, ethically, and intellectually REQUIRED to take my partner's feelings into SERIOUS consideration if I ever find myself in that situation. NOT legally required.

And if after taking my partner's feelings into consideration and he is against an abortion I want I am morally, ethically, and intellectually required to do the RIGHT thing - even if it would mean personal sacrifice.

If I decided to have a baby he didn't want he would be required to make a personal sacrifice, and turn about is fair play.

I doubt I would ever be in this situation, but for example - if I did NOT want a child but my partner DID, and he sincerely wanted the baby and was willing to absolve me of all responsibility for the care and upkeep of the child I feel the only intellectually honest thing I could do would be to grant him that wish - continue the pregnancy and turn the child over to him afterwards. It wouldn't be easy, and it would be a HUGE sacrifice, but I believe that would be the only right thing for me to do. This, of course, is provided the father is not the scumbag, rapist, child molesting, murderer type mentioned in other posts.

In my world, refusing to do this, while requiring him to make sacrifices he has no CHOICE in is sheer hypocricy.

Like I said above - this is no black/white issue. There are thousands of variables, and we can't just shove the whole subject into a little box like freepers are wont to do.

I've thought about this a great deal - and the above is the only honest answer I could come to that extends the same respect and consideration to the "hypothetical father" that I would demand for myself.