Why do MEN have so much to say when it comes to...

[who cares]

...abortion matters? Women in healthy relationships tend not to get abortions.Yet when the child is born they dont want to pay child support.

[Dangerous Dad]

I don't know. It's more of a woman's personal issue.

[Chi Guy]

Because human life matters to men just as it matters to women. Gender has no bearing on human rights and the people that support it.edit: The laws seem to be set for men to have 100% of the responsibilty yet 0% of the rewards unless the mother allows it. My friend's mother uses their son as a tool for control and/or vengence.Had a man behaved as Britney Spears has, they would have lost their children years ago.Had a man drowned his four or five children in a bathtub, he would have been given the death penalty (Texas)Had a man driven his two young children into a lake and watched then drown, he would have been given the death penalty (Carolina).You definately cannot play the "it's the man's fault" card in this rigged justice system we have.

[Mary Jo W]

a moral issue more than a right

[Bops]

Women by themselves cannot create a baby - it does take two. A mom and a dad should decide together. It was a choice when they decide to have intercourse. Once life is created, the only choice is life.

[RedBad M]

Cuz it takes both to make a baby. Do us guys somehow not have a legitimate stake in the baby we helped create ?

[greatszandor]

I knew a guy who had a child on the way-the girl said she would get an abortion. He pleaded with her not to have an abortion and that he would take on full responsibility-she could sign off on the child. He was the father and was willing to do the work-she wasn't. She had the abortion.The lesson here is that there are many other options than abortion. Not saying that abortion shouldn't be allowed at all-if a woman is stupid an irresponsible then she should be allowed to have an abortion and prevented from having other children. Abortion should not be used as a form of birth control.

[irish mafia]

I would think most of the men against abortion would be the ones who would stick by a woman when she is pregnant or at least pay child support. Those who are afraid of their girlfriend getting pregnant would probably be for abortion since it is a quick way out.

[solarianus]

Because there are still so many men (and women for that matter) that believe a woman's body is the property of the community, husband, father, etc. Some say it is a moral issue.....it certainly is. Forcing your choices on others that way is very immoral to people who believe in the concept of freedom.

[iooioiioo]

Because men find the problem in both cases to be poor decision making by girls.

[B.Kevorkian]

Individually, men don't have any say - women have abortions if they want to, men can't generally stop them (they can sue, but there's not a great track record there, even if the man in question is the father), or have a man's baby over his objections, then hit him with a paternity suit.If you're talking legislation - why do men get to hold political opinions about abortion or vote on the issue - it's just a matter of equal protection. Men have voting rights, just as women do, you're not only allowed to vote on issues that directly impact you. Voting rights and political discourse /can't/ be that limitted and still be meaningful.