# Should a man have a right to an abortion if he is raped?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-man-have-a-right-to-an-abortion-if-he-is-raped/153649>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 8, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-man-have-a-right-to-an-abortion-if-he-is-raped/153649 "2003-02-08T03:31:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![ranwashingt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@ranwashingt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ranwashingt)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-man-have-a-right-to-an-abortion-if-he-is-raped/153649/61 "2003-02-11T20:41:55Z")

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Lamia

How exactly did I end up as the sole representative of the opposition here?

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I generally agree with ya there Lamia…And regardless of me being a misogynistic devil worshipining racist…Although when I consider that I have been worshping an evil and buxomy black woman all these years, the gist of the debate has gotten a little too far out in left field for me.

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**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-man-have-a-right-to-an-abortion-if-he-is-raped/153649/62 "2003-02-11T20:50:53Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Lamia \*  
> And finally to **The Ryan** , you seem to have a personal problem with me, as your only sole contributions to this thread have been unprovoked swipes at me. I do not know what could possibly be motivating this behavior. I certainly have not insulted you in any way in this thread, and although I recognize your username I do not remember ever participating in any exchange with you before. I know of no reason why there should be bad blood between us, nor why you are choosing to express your apparent personal dislike for me in this way in this forum, but I am going to have to ask you to stop it. \*\*

While my comments have been critical, they are based statements that you have actually made, as opposed to the extremist positions that you have been attributing to your opponents. “No man is an island”, and if you insist on taking an opposing viewpoint as an opportunity to make personal attacks on other board members, I am not entirely unaffected. If I have given the impression that I think that you, personally, are a bad person, I apologize. I realize that I have not expressed my objections particularly clearly in this thread, leaving room for misinterpretation. I do, however, think that the debating tactics that you have employed are bad, and are not conducive to a mature debate. While I understand the aversion to a person’s sole contribution to a thread being the admonishment of another poster, I find the alternative of ignoring disrespectful behavior to have problems of its own.

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**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-a-man-have-a-right-to-an-abortion-if-he-is-raped/153649/63 "2003-02-12T05:50:14Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Lamia \*  
> \*\*I would appreciate it if you would stop belittling the suffering of real rape victims by comparing it to something that, while it may be emotionally unpleasant and morally questionable, isn’t even in the same ballpark as rape. \*\*

I would appreciate it if I were simply asked to clarify my position.

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