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If a woman should be allowed to escape the responsibility and consequences of having sex by having an abortion, then should it also be fair play and allow men to make the choice if they wish to be a part of the child's life if she decides to have it? I mean, if it's a Woman's Body, Woman's Choice, then should it also be, "Man's Wallet, Man's Choice?

Just to be clear, I do not advocate for either one. I think abortion should be illegal unless the woman was raped, if the child will be born with severe deformities, or if she takes the morning after pill, before it even grows large enough to have a heart beat or can experience pain. Otherwise, I feel if you make the choice to have sex, you should be responsible to care for the child. If you are unable to care for the child, the child should go up for adoption. I think the man should be equally responsible. However, if we are to be fair, then a man who is unwilling to be a father should have the right to say no and simply walk away, if it is to be legal for a woman to have an abortion, since it would only be fair.

When this question is posed, the majority of women who support abortion rights will respond with something like "men already have a choice... they can choose not to have sex". Well the obvious fact is that women have that exact same choice, but when they make a mistake and get pregnant they can choose abortion to opt out of being a parent. And that is exactly why the vast majority of abortions happen.

https://www. verywellhealth. com/reasons-for-abortion-906589

The whole "it's my body, my choice" thing seems more like an excuse to allow women to control everything related to reproduction when you consider why women actually choose to have abortions. They are choosing not to be a parent for exactly the same reasons why men would like to choose not to be a parent when they made exactly the same mistake.

There would of course have to be some strict requirements if we made "paper abortions" legal. A man would have to let the pregnant woman know of his choice early enough in the pregnancy that she can make an informed choice about whether she wants to abort or continue with the pregnancy knowing she will be a single mother without financial support from the father. The woman would need to notify the man of the pregnancy early enough to make that choice in time to meet the requirement. If she doesn't, she forfeits her right to child support. The man would have to give up the right to be a part of the child's life.

So, if women can choose to have an abortion simply because they made a mistake and are not ready or willing to become a parent, shouldn't men have a similar option? It seems hypocritical to argue otherwise.