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Who has the ultimate right to choose?
My comments were implicitly directed at illegitimate births, but I
should have spelled this out. You say that "just because a woman CAN make a choice to abort while a man cannot does not necessarily make it a unilateral choice." Would you apply the same logic to men? Just because a man CAN make a choice to walk away from an unwanted pregnancy, while a woman cannot, does not necessarily make it a unilateral choice? "Beverly" wrote in message news On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:09:31 GMT, "Kenneth S." wrote: But so long as women made unilateral choices, they should bear the sole responsibility for their own choices. I agree with the statement as written; however, just because a woman CAN make a choice to abort while a man cannot does not necessarily make it a unilateral choice. Children born within a marriage are often a choice made by both, although not always. Conversely, children born out of wedlock may be a choice made by both parents, but I would strongly advise any woman in this situation to make her own decisions based upon her own circumstances. My eldest's father wanted me to abort. We were not married. I made my decision to keep my baby and took sole responsibility for my decision. I never asked his father for anything. My younger two children were a product of my marriage to my ex husband. We made the decision together to have children before they were conceived. While I may have made the decision to divorce, it was based upon HIS decision to molest. If I really ever had a choice, I'd have chosen that he never do what he did. I don't feel bad asking that he bear some responsibility toward our children. That said, I STILL see providing for my children as something *I* must do. Women who DEPEND upon child support are only setting themselves and their children up. Both households should have a responsible parent, but the only parent we can MAKE responsible is ourselves. Beverly |
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