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Poll question: Is there such a thing as men's rights when it comes to abortion?Updated at 6:47 PM
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Edited on Mon Mar-10-08 01:06 PM by undeterred

Poll result (241 votes)
No (136 votes, 56%)Vote
No but there should be (32 votes, 13%)Vote
No and anyone who thinks there should be is a pig (3 votes, 1%)Vote
Yes they have the right to use a condom or abstain (50 votes, 21%)Vote
No but the father should be informed (7 votes, 3%)Vote
Other (13 votes, 5%)Vote


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  Is there such a thing as men's rights when it comes to abortion? undeterred  Mar-10-08 01:00 PM   #0 
   There are no men's or women's rights in abortion. There is the individual's right  mondo joe   Mar-10-08 01:02 PM   #1 
   That's how I see it too. nt  Deep13   Mar-10-08 01:05 PM   #7 
   Great Answer! BTW, Can I Vote More Than Once?  anonymeme   Mar-11-08 02:12 AM   #152 
   Which is why Ruth Bader Ginsburg proposes to view right to abortion  question everything   Mar-11-08 09:44 PM   #180 
   Yes, but with rights comes responsibility.  kwenu   Mar-11-08 10:34 PM   #186 
   Why start a poll if you're not going to have any options?  Occam Bandage   Mar-10-08 01:03 PM   #2 
   What options do you want?  undeterred   Mar-10-08 01:05 PM   #8 
      I'm just saying that you have a poll with no options.  Occam Bandage   Mar-10-08 01:06 PM   #11 
   The right to an abortion is a right to bodily integrity.  Deep13   Mar-10-08 01:04 PM   #3 
   Boy this poll isn't biased at all.  youthere   Mar-10-08 01:04 PM   #4 
   Well, clearly I don't think they have any rights  undeterred   Mar-10-08 01:08 PM   #16 
      But yet you forgot to include a way for people who think they do to vote that belief.  Occam Bandage   Mar-10-08 01:09 PM   #20 
      #2 No but there should be  undeterred   Mar-10-08 01:10 PM   #23 
         Meant to write "do." Changed it a second too late. Anyway, why isn't there a "yes" option?  Occam Bandage   Mar-10-08 01:10 PM   #24 
            The question isn't should they- its do they  undeterred   Mar-10-08 01:13 PM   #28 
            Right. So why isn't there an option allowing people to say "yes, they do?" If you wanted to see  Occam Bandage   Mar-10-08 01:16 PM   #30 
            There should be the  femrap   Mar-10-08 05:03 PM   #64 
               tie it in a bow  undeterred   Mar-10-08 06:31 PM   #93 
                  You're right...  femrap   Mar-10-08 06:53 PM   #97 
      I'd like to know why you think they should  melody   Mar-10-08 01:16 PM   #31 
      Some men think they should be notified when a partner  undeterred   Mar-10-08 01:22 PM   #32 
         Well, when their body is ravaged by nine months of pregnancy, they can have a choice  melody   Mar-10-08 01:25 PM   #33 
         You know, you two could at least TRY to look beyond your own preconceptions.  TheWraith   Mar-11-08 02:32 AM   #153 
            There is only one choice in this -- parsimony, the least invasive choice  melody   Mar-11-08 06:04 PM   #173 
         If There's A Relationship, You'd Hope So  Raejeanowl   Mar-10-08 11:43 PM   #142 
         MEN DON'T HAVE A RIGHT AT ALL.  trueblue2007   Mar-11-08 12:55 PM   #160 
      Well, for the record...  youthere   Mar-10-08 01:54 PM   #44 
   As soon as they win the right to become pregnant.  DemItAllAnyway   Mar-10-08 01:04 PM   #5 
   Abstain? You're joking, right? Abstinence policies do squat.  HypnoToad   Mar-10-08 01:05 PM   #6 
   No they don't, but an individual man still has a right not to throw the dice...  Deep13   Mar-10-08 01:06 PM   #13 
   You certainly aren't some kind  femrap   Mar-10-08 05:08 PM   #65 
   I dont have a uterus, so I'm not gonna touch this issue  NightWatcher   Mar-10-08 01:05 PM   #9 
   DING DING DING....!!!!!  femrap   Mar-10-08 05:10 PM   #67 
   Bless your heart. That is pretty much what my husband says. While we both believe that...  Hekate   Mar-11-08 09:58 PM   #183 
   They have a right to pull out and shoot it somewhere else  Xenotime   Mar-10-08 01:05 PM   #10 
   coitus interruptus method of BC??? nice...  ProdigalJunkMail   Mar-10-08 01:06 PM   #12 
   That's unreliable for a variety of reasons.  Deep13   Mar-10-08 01:08 PM   #17 
   Hormones are more effective than condoms, better throw out the raincoat.  K-W   Mar-10-08 06:17 PM   #87 
   now that's the mature form of birth control  Donnachaidh   Mar-10-08 01:08 PM   #19 
      The favorite of fumbling 16-year-olds everywhere!  Occam Bandage   Mar-10-08 01:09 PM   #22 
   thank you for putting in option four  Donnachaidh   Mar-10-08 01:07 PM   #14 
   Men can't die in childbirth. n/t  Hissyspit   Mar-10-08 01:07 PM   #15 
   I voted other.  TCJ70   Mar-10-08 01:08 PM   #18 
   Most of the people making the decisions re what choices are/will be allowed are male,  havocmom   Mar-10-08 01:09 PM   #21 
   No  IAmJacksSmirkingRevenge   Mar-10-08 01:11 PM   #25 
   Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-10-08 05:23 PM   #70 
      Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-11-08 12:18 PM   #155 
   You mean should a man be able to force a woman to carry his spawn to term?  alphafemale   Mar-10-08 01:11 PM   #26 
   practicing push polls?  Clovis Sangrail   Mar-10-08 01:12 PM   #27 
   Nope  MonkeyFunk   Mar-10-08 01:15 PM   #29 
   For me, its iffy.  Bright Eyes   Mar-10-08 01:26 PM   #34 
   No one male or female is subject to anyone having any right to control or know anything  RGBolen   Mar-10-08 01:28 PM   #35 
   The father may be dead, or religious right judges may interpret that they state  demigoddess   Mar-10-08 01:32 PM   #36 
   Yes. They have their right to their opinion on the topic.  flvegan   Mar-10-08 01:33 PM   #37 
   when female-to-male fetal transplantation comes about...  kineneb   Mar-10-08 01:38 PM   #38 
   Men, if you don't want a kid don't F---.  genie_weenie   Mar-10-08 01:42 PM   #39 
   Yes. Men have a right NOT to have an abortion if they don't like it.  devilgrrl   Mar-10-08 01:46 PM   #40 
   Why not ask the reverse?  lunatica   Mar-10-08 01:47 PM   #41 
   Women don't have a long and glorious history of trying to control men's bodies.  undeterred   Mar-10-08 01:49 PM   #42 
      .....  femrap   Mar-10-08 05:28 PM   #71 
      ...  undeterred   Mar-10-08 06:29 PM   #91 
      ...  femrap   Mar-10-08 07:12 PM   #106 
         ...  undeterred   Mar-10-08 07:19 PM   #108 
            ...  femrap   Mar-10-08 09:05 PM   #117 
      What are you living in the 1950's?  walldude   Mar-10-08 09:44 PM   #127 
         Can we clone you?  undeterred   Mar-10-08 10:31 PM   #135 
         I get that a lot... So does my wife.  walldude   Mar-10-08 10:53 PM   #139 
         Hey, If You're Taking Orders for Those Clones...  anonymeme   Mar-11-08 01:37 AM   #150 
         We have a housekeeper twice a week.  femrap   Mar-11-08 06:03 PM   #172 
      I personally think that some men  hyphenate   Mar-10-08 06:29 PM   #92 
   Other - depends on the relationship  housewolf   Mar-10-08 01:50 PM   #43 
   How exactly does one determine the value of a relationship?  wuushew   Mar-10-08 02:18 PM   #47 
      That's why I said it depends on the relationship  housewolf   Mar-10-08 05:00 PM   #62 
   When technologically possible  realpolitik   Mar-10-08 01:54 PM   #45 
   Who is 'they?'  femrap   Mar-10-08 05:31 PM   #73 
   I'm a male and there should not be mens rights in abortion  blues90   Mar-10-08 02:11 PM   #46 
   Actually, yes.  kestrel91316   Mar-10-08 02:20 PM   #48 
   No. A man has no rights to a woman's body.  WinkyDink   Mar-10-08 02:23 PM   #49 
   see #51-- women can't have it both ways....  mike_c   Mar-10-08 02:53 PM   #53 
      Ya mean like SpRitzer?  Karenina   Mar-10-08 05:08 PM   #66 
      And the woman can look elsewhere for  femrap   Mar-10-08 05:34 PM   #74 
      LOL-- not to mention a sure route to reproductive failure....  mike_c   Mar-10-08 05:45 PM   #77 
         I'm not kidding...  femrap   Mar-10-08 06:04 PM   #82 
            ouch....  mike_c   Mar-10-08 07:24 PM   #109 
      You're making no sense.  JerseygirlCT   Mar-11-08 09:43 PM   #179 
   Can we remember for a moment that abortion isn't a light decision?  lunatica   Mar-10-08 02:42 PM   #50 
   it is not an "extremely difficult decision" for all women.  kmlewis   Mar-10-08 04:58 PM   #61 
   I had the same experience.  femrap   Mar-10-08 05:38 PM   #75 
      Some women know exactly what they want  lunatica   Mar-10-08 06:28 PM   #90 
      Hey...dalai.  femrap   Mar-10-08 07:09 PM   #105 
         I see no reason for your rudeness  lunatica   Mar-11-08 01:08 PM   #163 
            You said that I was denigrating others....  femrap   Mar-11-08 05:41 PM   #166 
      Nor for most of the women I know who've had them.  Iris   Mar-10-08 09:43 PM   #126 
         It was for me.  kimmylavin   Mar-10-08 10:53 PM   #138 
            And really, you're bottom line is the bottom line  Iris   Mar-10-08 10:58 PM   #140 
   I think that's why its easier for many women to make it alone.  undeterred   Mar-10-08 06:40 PM   #94 
   I say yes, but effectively no....  mike_c   Mar-10-08 02:44 PM   #51 
   It's the woman's body, so... nope.  SmokingJacket   Mar-10-08 02:47 PM   #52 
   Yes, men should have a say.  Behind the Aegis   Mar-10-08 03:01 PM   #54 
   I think the man's rights  supernova   Mar-10-08 03:08 PM   #55 
   I can see your point in a minor way.  Behind the Aegis   Mar-10-08 03:16 PM   #58 
      This is a tough one,  undeterred   Mar-10-08 04:21 PM   #60 
      A male ALWAYS HAS A CHOICE....  femrap   Mar-10-08 05:53 PM   #79 
      I never cease to be amazed at how careless  undeterred   Mar-10-08 06:15 PM   #86 
         Women know the price of  femrap   Mar-10-08 07:05 PM   #102 
      I agree with the idea that to carry to term or not will eventually lie with the woman.  Behind the Aegis   Mar-11-08 01:22 AM   #149 
      No, you have failed  femrap   Mar-10-08 05:47 PM   #78 
         Must be sad to be that filled with rage that basic reading skills are destroyed.  Behind the Aegis   Mar-11-08 01:17 AM   #148 
            rib removal can change your life.  femrap   Mar-11-08 05:42 PM   #168 
               so can a lobotomy.  Behind the Aegis   Mar-11-08 09:38 PM   #177 
   And why didn't you make this great  femrap   Mar-10-08 05:44 PM   #76 
   What a pathetic response.  Behind the Aegis   Mar-11-08 01:11 AM   #147 
      2 words.....Rib Removal.  femrap   Mar-11-08 05:46 PM   #169 
         2 words...no thanks!  Behind the Aegis   Mar-11-08 09:37 PM   #176 
   Ethically, perhaps, and depending on their relationship. Legally?  JerseygirlCT   Mar-11-08 09:45 PM   #181 
      That's more of my stance (be it wide).  Behind the Aegis   Mar-11-08 10:16 PM   #185 
   If you are asking "IS", not "should", of course there is.  uppityperson   Mar-10-08 03:13 PM   #56 
   When they start being able to become impregnated, then yes.  Lex   Mar-10-08 03:15 PM   #57 
   It takes two people to create but only one gets to decide.  klyon   Mar-10-08 03:23 PM   #59 
   Please EJACULATE RESPONSIBLY! nt  femrap   Mar-10-08 05:02 PM   #63 
   This sums it up,  SarahBelle   Mar-10-08 05:54 PM   #80 
   This is an atrocious argument.  Occam Bandage   Mar-10-08 06:54 PM   #99 
   It's a pretty moot question, regardless of the answer  jpljr77   Mar-10-08 05:16 PM   #68 
   Other  Jed Dilligan   Mar-10-08 05:22 PM   #69 
   That's why I voted other as well. n/t  TCJ70   Mar-10-08 05:31 PM   #72 
   The male already made his CHOICE.  femrap   Mar-10-08 05:59 PM   #81 
      Males can be lied to about what measures partners take,  Jed Dilligan   Mar-10-08 06:07 PM   #83 
      Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-10-08 07:00 PM   #100 
      Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-10-08 08:48 PM   #110 
         Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-10-08 08:55 PM   #113 
            It's not "fine" to walk away  Jed Dilligan   Mar-10-08 09:12 PM   #118 
               Listen, I don't want anyone controlling anyone....  femrap   Mar-10-08 09:40 PM   #124 
                  You are very weird. And apparently religious  Jed Dilligan   Mar-10-08 09:42 PM   #125 
                     Poor Jed...no, I'm not  femrap   Mar-10-08 10:16 PM   #131 
                        After its attempt at stalking is deterred by a brave moderator  Jed Dilligan   Mar-10-08 10:24 PM   #132 
                           Mother of God.  undeterred   Mar-10-08 10:33 PM   #136 
                           That's the Mother of Jesus....  femrap   Mar-10-08 10:38 PM   #137 
                              You have fully communicated the depth of your hatred and prejudice  Jed Dilligan   Mar-10-08 11:43 PM   #143 
                              ...  undeterred   Mar-10-08 11:47 PM   #144 
                              If that's not sarcastic, thanks  Jed Dilligan   Mar-11-08 05:50 PM   #171 
                              Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-11-08 05:27 PM   #164 
                                 Yes, no woman was ever in an abusive relationship  Jed Dilligan   Mar-11-08 05:42 PM   #167 
                              Ummm please dont discuss theology  DadOf2LittleAngels   Mar-11-08 02:39 AM   #154 
                                 Organized religion just  femrap   Mar-11-08 05:29 PM   #165 
                                 Don't bother it with facts  Jed Dilligan   Mar-11-08 05:49 PM   #170 
      If a man is stupid enough to leave that responsibility to a woman he deserves whatever  RGBolen   Mar-11-08 10:08 PM   #184 
      The woman already made her CHOICE.  TCJ70   Mar-10-08 06:08 PM   #84 
      You see....that last line makes all of  femrap   Mar-10-08 07:04 PM   #101 
      The female already made her CHOICE.  Occam Bandage   Mar-10-08 06:46 PM   #95 
      For some, "equality" is a one-way street. nt  Jed Dilligan   Mar-10-08 08:52 PM   #111 
      And the woman chose to accept it as well.  hiaasenrocks   Mar-10-08 08:59 PM   #115 
         Maybe it's one of the "all hetero sex is rape" crowd.  Jed Dilligan   Mar-10-08 09:20 PM   #121 
            Could be. I don't expect to have a rational discussion of this issue with people who  hiaasenrocks   Mar-11-08 06:51 PM   #174 
   Yes, under the current laws fathers have some rights.  I work for workers   Mar-10-08 06:14 PM   #85 
   But isn't a PBA only done under circumstances  undeterred   Mar-10-08 06:27 PM   #88 
   Beats me, I'm just pointing out the law. nt  I work for workers   Mar-10-08 06:53 PM   #98 
   What state's law is this? (nm)  Book Lover   Mar-10-08 08:52 PM   #112 
      The Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.  I work for workers   Mar-10-08 08:59 PM   #116 
         Of course  Book Lover   Mar-11-08 01:44 AM   #151 
   Yes: it's identical to our right of medical privacy  dmesg   Mar-10-08 06:28 PM   #89 
   if men were to be the pregnant ones,  onethatcares   Mar-10-08 06:53 PM   #96 
   As a Man, I Have the Right  fascisthunter   Mar-10-08 07:05 PM   #103 
   No n/t  ismnotwasm   Mar-10-08 07:07 PM   #104 
   No.  apocalypsehow   Mar-10-08 07:17 PM   #107 
   There should be more responsibility during sex.  hiaasenrocks   Mar-10-08 08:58 PM   #114 
   People should stop being so presumptuous as to think they're divinely placed on earth to proclaim  impeachdubya   Mar-10-08 09:18 PM   #120 
      Like everyone else, I'm sure you have views about what people should and shouldn't do  hiaasenrocks   Mar-11-08 06:53 PM   #175 
         Nope. I'm not interested in telling other people what they can or can't do with their OWN bodies.  impeachdubya   Mar-12-08 02:32 AM   #187 
   Did I miss something? Can men get pregnant now?  impeachdubya   Mar-10-08 09:16 PM   #119 
   YES exactly!  varelse   Mar-10-08 09:29 PM   #122 
   Interested? They're calling for male volunteers.  undeterred   Mar-10-08 09:52 PM   #130 
   Not really no, but  walldude   Mar-10-08 09:39 PM   #123 
   If she keeps a secret about something like a pregnancy  undeterred   Mar-10-08 09:49 PM   #128 
   Does anyone have the right to force a woman to continue ....  TexasBushwhacker   Mar-10-08 09:51 PM   #129 
   And from practical standpoint - what does the "right" matter when the woman can make the decision  Iris   Mar-10-08 10:26 PM   #134 
   no n/t  Skittles   Mar-10-08 10:24 PM   #133 
   I'm inclined to say no, but  margotb822   Mar-10-08 10:59 PM   #141 
   I think men should have some rights as far as an abortion goes.  MiltonF   Mar-10-08 11:53 PM   #145 
   Yeah, good luck with that.  undeterred   Mar-10-08 11:58 PM   #146 
   Absolutely, Positively NOT!!  zorahopkins   Mar-11-08 12:20 PM   #156 
   I can imagine a situation where not discussing it with the man is jerkish. And one where it isn't.  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Mar-11-08 12:22 PM   #157 
   Oh boy,  raccoon   Mar-11-08 12:32 PM   #158 
   So...  Ordr   Mar-11-08 12:42 PM   #159 
   You can give your opinion  undeterred   Mar-11-08 12:59 PM   #161 
   I imagine that...  LanternWaste   Mar-11-08 01:05 PM   #162 
   As soon as men might need abortions, we can talk about their  JerseygirlCT   Mar-11-08 09:40 PM   #178 
   I told my 15 yo son to keep it zipped or keep it covered if he didn't want to be a teenage daddy...  Hekate   Mar-11-08 09:57 PM   #182 
 

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