Skylar
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Because his responsibilty is to the child. Not the mother. If the child exists, the obligation to the child exists.
With that obligation for mother and father always being equal. Either they both of that obligation, nor neither do.
The mother can decide to not be responsible for the child, via the abortion.
In which case neither she nor the man are responsible for the child. Their obligation is always equal.
Again, if true equality between the sexes is desired, why does a woman have that ability, and not a man?
Because he's not carrying the child. If he wishes to carry the child, he gets that choice for his own body. If she's the one carrying the child, she gets to make that choice for her own body
Do women need some sort of special protection?
From a man MAKING her carry a child or MAKING her abort?
Nope. She is the one that gets to control the use of her own body. Just as the man is the one that gets to control his.
Their control over their own bodies are equal. Just as their obligation is equal. Either they are both responsible, or neither are.
Then she has more rights than he has. If we pass an ERA and sex cannot be a decider in laws, that would not be possible.
She has the same rights that he has: the right to control the use of her own body.
When it comes to law, biology should have nothing to do with it, or isn't that what progressives keep telling us?
He isn't in control of his own "body" if he can't get out of parenthood and the woman can.
Says you, pretending you know a thing about the law. Again, the legislatures of 50 of 50 states have rejected your pseudo-legal gibberish. What's more likely.....that *every* legislature of *every* state doesn't understnad how the law works....
.....or you don't.
You're demanding unequal obligation where a woman is responsible for every child she bears but a man never has to take responsibility for any child he sires.
No.
Is that it?
And plenty of legislatures thought Jim Crow laws were just dandy. Appealing to authority isn't going to work here.
The woman can abort each fetus as she see's fit. She still has control.
What you are asking for is equality without equality. With only men being held responsible for their sexuality without escape.
So basically you are admitting women need special protections, right?
No special protections. Merely the *same* protections: control over the use of their own bodies.
You're demanding unequal obligation, where a woman is responsible for every child she bears but a father is not responsible for any child he sires.
Nope. We will continue with equal rights to control of one's own body and equal obligation for one's children.