I have no desire to join in an abortion conversation. One thing that always bugs me though is the idea that "It's the woman's body, she can do what she wants". This seems to only apply to the abortion decision, as any other time in our society we say she "is eating for two" and she has "a new life inside her" and other such comments. Further, we have come to hear couples say "we're pregnant" to link the father to the condition. And legally, fathers are responsible to pay child support. It's this last legal point which really baffles me. Fathers must pay for the care of a child if it is born but the child inside the mother is her body and her decision. This is a major inconsistency. Either the pregnancy and resulting child is the mother's and the hers alone, or both the pregnancy and the child belong to both. I suspect if this was properly challenged in a US court, either child support or abortion being at the mother's discretion would be thrown out. Keep in mind I'm not debating the morality of abortion, only that pregnancy/child ownership should be clearly defined as belonging to just the mother or both parents in a consistent fashion.
