# Abortion and child support **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 13, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-and-child-support/563985 "2010-12-13T15:24:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 383
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-and-child-support/563985/383 "2010-12-20T14:20:34Z")
> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#): > > Compelling abortions wouldn’t bother me in the least though I think it could be easier done with a little subliminal pressure. Ideally what we should do is make having an unwanted, child that you can’t support such a disgraceful, socially stigimitized act that compulsion would not be needed. Interesting. So how do you reconcile that with what you said here: > [@How do ultra-orthodox Jews handle the whole "menstruation women" prohibitions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-ultra-orthodox-jews-handle-the-whole-menstruation-women-prohibitions/554640/220): > > As things are the act of iniating physical contact much like that of deciding whether or not to carry a baby to term belongs to the woman as she has a far greater risk in the situation than a man has. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-and-child-support/563985)._