Letters to the Editor
-
Male rights re: abortion
In answer to the person who asked what the 'feminist' view of male rights is - I can't answer for the feminist view, but as a feminist I will say that the man has the right to his feelings, and to expressing his wishes. He does not have the right to be the decision maker about another autonomous being's body.
Look at it this way - say a man is married, and wants a vasectomy because he does not want children, or any more children. The wife wants a child/more children. Should she have any legal say over whether he has the vasectomy?
While it is true that sperm is not a fetus, and therefore not perfectly applicable to the abortion question, the comparison is apt - should one person have legal sway over another's body?
Even though the fetus is a separate entity in some ways, it is totally dependent on the woman's body to exist and grow to viability.
The human who is providing the 'body environment' should have the legal say...and the woman who's husband wants a vasectomy should either go along with her husband's wish, or divorce him and find someone who wants to father more children.