IS ABORTION JUST A WOMEN DECISION OR BOTH, MAN & WOMEN

Yes. Wouldn't it depend on their relationship?

I think a mans role in this is a minor one at best! After all the woman will have to live with the decision for nine months and beyond while a sperm donor can just move on.

Women wanted equality......it's not equality if they get to solely make any decision on a child that was created by two people, not just them.

This is a dual question. in some instances it would be solely the woman's decision. In other circumstances it may be a decision they both make together. My "Yes" answer applies to both circumstances.

It depends because once the abortion is done the people aware of it will deal with the impact on their lives until the day they die! (Or also in the afterlife, if that's what you believe.) Once you cross that threshold the child is gone forever.
Like Jacovisio said, depends on the relationship.

see @nursediesel most people are stating fact about after the baby is conceived. The decision comes first, so therefore its based on RESPONSIBILITY, Thats the key thing in everyday living.

No one is talking about force here. There is no one saying the man's participation in this decision is force upon the woman. Alternately, wouldn't aborting the father's child without his knowledge be force on her part?

Some pepole come to pregnancy on on purpose and other by accident. So get there within a relationship and others by random unplanned events. This question depends on too many things. The question, as written is too simple.

Franly I think it is the womans choice,she is the one that carrys the fetus for 9 months. Then they risk their lives to carry and deliver.

When men can get pregnant, then its their decision. There is something really distrubing about men attempting to create enforced pregnancy. Smell like the Talilban and those prehistoric patriarchial societies to me. I think fundamentalist men want a return to that. Hey men, you too can adopt a baby or even find a surrogate willing to have one for you.

Woman's

If the woman wants to have the child, with or without the man, then the choice not to have an abortion is hers alone.

If the woman wants to have an abortion, and the man who has impregnated her shows no interest in being a father, helping her through the pregnancy, or helping support her and/or the child in any way shape or form, then the decision should be the woman's.

If the woman wants to have an abortion, and the man who impregnated her wants to be a father, is willing to help with the pregnancy, etc., then the couple needs to have a talk about what they will do. At that point what it boils down to is, whether or not the man is willing, the man is not going to be the one to suffer the "joy" of carrying a baby within them for 9 months, nor will they be the ones to go through labor.

Overall, I think the man can have an opinion about the process; however, it is ultimately the woman's choice because she is the one most physically effected by the development, birth, and raising of a child.

It is truly a individual responsibility decision and one issue that divides us! The puppet masters love it and now that we know that what would you do?

Abortion is a woman's decision. She is the one who has to carry it to term, not the man. This is the one and only case where men and women are VERY different from each other. Because of this difference we can not have equality in terms of who decides. A woman should make the ultimate decision because, ah I don't know, IT'S IN HER FUCKING BODY! If the guy doesn't like it, well then he can just have the embryo implanted in his body and see how he likes it.

completely and ultimately a woman's decision. when a fetus doesn't need a womb anymore, then we can talk.

If a man doesn't want the child, and the woman does, the man doesn't have to sign off on a birth certificate. Then take it to the next level, and legally give up any thing to do with the child, regardless of blood tests. It's totally the woman's choice.

If women get to decide then they don't deserve any payment from the man. Their decision. Their problem. Always.

I am still wondering about the courts and when they will determine the "moment of conception".. everyone has different views about this but America as a whole will feel the weight of this decision hugely. Even if the concensus is that a man's decision should also weigh in and the courts were to back this decision, what then? What about in the case of rape and incest? How would they properly protect the woman? Many of these cases will go unreported. If you leave the man a choice in an unreported situation then what? The woman loses the rights to her own body completely. Many things have been proposed but in the end noone has ever come up with a way to truly protect the woman other than giving her, solely her, the choice.

It depends on the relationship between the mother and father. If the father isn't in the picture, then its the woman's decision. If the mother and father are together, they really should talk about abortion with each other.

it is a womans choice because if you are going to commit murder you damn sure better be solid with your self because the man does not have to live with it the same

Discussion with your sexual partner is healthy, especially if you're in a relationship. But at the end of the day, a person gets to decide for themselves whether or not she wants a small human to live inside her body for nine months, and then push it out through her vagina.

If the two people are in a committed relationship, and the woman gets pregnant accidentally, then the woman must choose whether or not to allow the man to be a part of the decision. If the two people are NOT in a committed relationship (ie - rape, one-night stand, etc) then the same obviously applies.

Ultimately, a man may ask his partner to carry the baby to full term, but unless the man is some sort of medical genius who intends to remove the fetus from his partner's uterus and implant it into his own body so HE has to be the one to carry it to full term, then he simply doesn't have the final say in the matter. If abortion were a major issue for him, and he is the type of person who could not bear to see his partner terminate a pregnancy, then he would have been mindful enough to do his own part to prevent her from ever getting pregnant, so the decision would never be on the table.

Of course, if we're talking about a couple in a committed relationship, propriety and common courtesy would suggest that the woman at least discuss this decision with her partner before acting on it, but ultimately nobody - man or woman - can force another human being to carry a baby to full term. Not in this country, at least. It makes as much sense as thinking you can force someone to get unnecessary surgery. No person has the right to control another person's body.

I say they both should have a say. There are two partys in the making of a baby so by all rights There should be two voices On the life or death of the unborn child. This is only right. When can a woman get away with murder??????????? when she kills an unborn child...........

If an expecting mother, who by nature is the most caring and protective thing on the planet, decides it’s not the right time to be a mother I not going to argue with her. It takes an inhuman amount of maturity and courage to make that decision and I don’t think it’s right to impose my emotional, and probably inconsiderate opinion on something that I’ll probably never understand.

On top of that it’s pretty well established that reproductive rights does more to decrease crime rates than everything else combined. So it would be pretty dumb of me to continue to advocate second amendment rights over something that is much more effective.

It is a woman's right to decide what goes on, any couple deciding to have a baby is touching. However there is an obvious upper limit on the severity of the consequences for a man, whereas a woman can potentially die from deciding to have a baby. Even if all goes right her Body and Psyche will be wildly affected. Obviously the primary stakeholder should get the final say.

Intellectualizing is fine - and your opinions can change with experience, I am experienced enough to know.
You may create all kinds of reasoning for yourself, but as another person pointed out: after the fact, when your mind has a chance to slow down and consider the situation - in cold, clear sobriety (not the fire of an impending reality, the very confusing confrontation of pending events - and a confusing swirl it is), you might come to see that it was, infact, your child that you ended.