I once read the Aborigines do not consider abortion a sin.

They believe bringing a child into the world that is not wanted, and will not be loved, is a sin.

I pretty much go with that.

And I think it ridiculous that men have a say in the matter.
I do not mean the potential father, who may feel a bond with the unborn.

I mean complete strangers who will never have a child in their bodies and will never be faced with a situation that makes you choose between having a kid and having the life and the chances you might have had without a kid.

I am not talking about some fanciful shit like "but I want to be an actress" etc.

I am talking about situations like mine - I decided to keep my baby and NOT marry the father, which made me WHAM from being a hopeful student into a person having to turn to the welfare authorities to finance my life!
It did not go over well with me, it was very hard, and if I had known HOW hard it would be, I would probably never have gone through with it!

However, I was lucky enough to get an apprenticeship, and finalize it successfully, and with my first "real" job after the apprenticeship time, I was off welfare again and have paid for my own stuff since.

Only after I had managed that - to become financially independent again -, I entered a relationship again.

The last thing on Earth I would have wanted was some asshole guy who would rub in at every given opportunity, "if I had not taken you, you would be still on welfare", etc.

Sometimes I think this world would be a better place if some people just managed to mind their own fucking business!