semreb@ih4ep.UUCP (Waz Nardbill) (11/01/84)
I have been presented with the "you're a man, you can't get pregnant,
you don't understand" argument many times. It is possible that a man can make
a more unbiased judgement regarding abortion because he can't get pregnant. He
is not subject to the emotional stress and physical discomfort of a wanted or
unwanted pregnancy and therefore can look beyond the self-centered attitudes
that seem to foster most of the desires for an abortion. When you're going
through it I can imagine the fact of a new life within can be clouded over by
the problems presented by wanted/unwanted pregnancy. Someone needs be able to
separate themselves from the situation, step back to get a good view and take
both sides into consideration. NOTE: I do not mean to imply that only men are
capable of making this kind of judgement, certainly women have to be in on this. This note here is for the benefit of those who would try to twist this speculation into a chauvanistic statement.
On a tangent: What about the man who's sexual partner desires to abort the child they have conceived? Does he have a say if he wants the child to live?
Who is to make the decision in a case such as this?
Terry Bermestim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney) (11/05/84)
> I have been presented with the "you're a man, you can't get pregnant, you > don't understand" argument many times. It is possible that a man can make a > more unbiased judgement regarding abortion because he can't get pregnant. He > is not subject to the emotional stress and physical discomfort of a wanted > or unwanted pregnancy and therefore can look beyond the self-centered > attitudes that seem to foster most of the desires for an abortion. Right. And a white can make a more unbiased judgment regarding discrimination against blacks because he isn't liable to it. He is not subject to the emotional stress and physical discomfort of being discriminated against and therefore can look beyond the self-centered attitudes that seem to foster most of the desires for equality. -- Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University Computation Center ARPA: Tim.Maroney@CMU-CS-K uucp: Try sending through a gateway such as DECWRL, UCB-VAX, SEISMO, or HARVARD -- mailer conventions differ on syntax