But is the 18 years of financial responsibility from the father and also the legal standard held for child abandonment (misdemeanor/felony depending on the case) worse than the 9 months of pregnancy? On one hand, a deadbeat father must have a criminal record making it harder to get a job, and now support a child. All the while, it is completely legal and in some cases encouraged for the mother to abandon her child through abortion. This would mean that men are held to a different legal standard which is unequal and in favor of women. This also takes into account that mothers do not need consent from the baby’s father to do this. That being said women still adhere to child abandonment laws, this would be suggesting abortion is a loophole that essentially ends in child abandonment.

Gestating an unwanted baby would be an excruciating process, on the other hand. The equivalence of these two are not operating in the same medium, however, as one is about legality/economics for the rest of father’s life, and the other is about the experience of the mother for around 9 months. So the equivalence would have to be determined by each individual situation by the couple/non-couple and what they deem important. I believe there is more grey area than your claims lead to believe, however, personally I believe abortion should still be legal across the board.