# How about an anti-abortion law targeting men? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 26, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-an-anti-abortion-law-targeting-men/623203 "2012-05-26T23:14:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-an-anti-abortion-law-targeting-men/623203/21 "2012-05-27T13:09:01Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > Better, an antiabortion law that just puts all family value politicians in jail. It would be easier to get passed and would fix the problem the OP posted about. Plus it would do society good. This idea I like. And to the OP - It takes two to tango, and what does marrige have to do with it? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-an-anti-abortion-law-targeting-men/623203/22 "2012-05-27T13:29:22Z")
> [@figure9](#): > > OK so I’m sick to death of hearing the abortion/anti-abortion debate here in the U.S.A. I think part of the problem is that an unwanted pregnancy affects the woman much more than the man. To remedy this I propose we pass a law to even up the score. The law would make it a crime for a man to cause an unwanted pregnancy. Basically if an unmarried woman becomes pregnant, the sperm donor goes to prison for 12 months. No mitigating circumstances, it doesn’t matter the the male is 14 and the mother is 32. He still does a year in the pen. > The religious right would love it, because they are opposed to sex before marriage. Conservatives would love it because they are all about personal responsibility. Women would love it because unwanted pregnancies would not be solely their problem anymore. > This solution is so obvious, I wonder why it has never been put forward by the major religions, or family values politicians.😉 Because no-one’s that retarded? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-an-anti-abortion-law-targeting-men/623203/23 "2012-05-27T13:55:32Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Because no-one’s that retarded? No, looking at current affairs I doubt _that’s_ the reason… ---
**Author:** ![figure9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-an-anti-abortion-law-targeting-men/623203/24 "2012-05-27T19:36:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*MichaelEmouse \*\* > > Is this a bad attempt at Swiftian wit or is the OP really that much of a can’t-say-outside-the-pit? > Reply With Quote Yes it is an attempt at Swiftian wit. Would it be OK if we left the qualifier bad out? Or does it really need to be there? ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-an-anti-abortion-law-targeting-men/623203/25 "2012-05-27T19:48:00Z")
> [@figure9](#): > > Yes it is an attempt at Swiftian wit. Would it be OK if we left the qualifier bad out? Or does it really need to be there? Well, Swiftian wit would involve putting women in an even worse spot. When Swift wrote his famous piece, he basically said “You don’t care about the Irish do you? Well then, see how you feel about treating them even more shittily than you have so far. If this seems unsavory to you, perhaps you’d consider treating them like human beings equal to you, you limey bastards”. Let’s call it a first draft instead of bad. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-an-anti-abortion-law-targeting-men/623203/26 "2012-05-27T19:49:48Z")
Can we all agree that the OP is a whoosh? What it means is that it should be a crime to give someone a gift they don’t want. Sure, it solves the whole re-gifting problem, but still . . . . ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-an-anti-abortion-law-targeting-men/623203/27 "2012-05-27T22:21:13Z")
> [@figure9](#): > > Yes it is an attempt at Swiftian wit. “You’re no Lewis Carroll either,” said Tom snarkily. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-an-anti-abortion-law-targeting-men/623203.md?page=1)