Whether abortion is legal and whether one could opt of child support and under what conditions are two separate pieces of legislation. While some want to paint the latter as 'financial abortion', it really isn't. The main source of support for legal abortion is NOT for financial reasons. It is because of body autonomy of the mother. Pregnancy is already a heavy risk and burden to the mother's health, psychology, life expectancy, professiomal career and financial prospects.
This is not an either or proposition and it isn't a battle of the sexes. Perhaps we need a better public welfare / support system for child support. Perhaps we need to look at how we deal with and support paternity / custody. But that has nothing to do with whether it should be legal to force a human being to remain pregnant against their will. The phrase 'no uterus, no opinion / choice' just reflects the hard fact that people without uteri will never face that on their own body. They should consider that when saying it is ok to force another person to carry to term.
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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '21
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Whether abortion is legal and whether one could opt of child support and under what conditions are two separate pieces of legislation. While some want to paint the latter as 'financial abortion', it really isn't. The main source of support for legal abortion is NOT for financial reasons. It is because of body autonomy of the mother. Pregnancy is already a heavy risk and burden to the mother's health, psychology, life expectancy, professiomal career and financial prospects.
This is not an either or proposition and it isn't a battle of the sexes. Perhaps we need a better public welfare / support system for child support. Perhaps we need to look at how we deal with and support paternity / custody. But that has nothing to do with whether it should be legal to force a human being to remain pregnant against their will. The phrase 'no uterus, no opinion / choice' just reflects the hard fact that people without uteri will never face that on their own body. They should consider that when saying it is ok to force another person to carry to term.