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For men who are pro life: what would you say to being told that you don't have a right over your own body? Because that's what you're telling women.

At the end of the day the issue is SO simple:

Whether or not you consider a fetus a person, it has o right to a woman's body.
If it's not a sentient being, much less a person then of course no argument will be made.
But even if you DO consider it a person then it has only the rights of any other person and NO person has a right to make use of another person's body against their will.
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Alternatively, a woman shouldn't have the right to use abortion as a means of getting back at men, either.

We have alternative methods of contraception that could be used to prevent pregnancy without resorting to abortion.

The decision should be reached jointly and in agreement before taking any action "I'm going to have an abortion because I don't think that you will make a good dad" is not a reason - you can't be certain unless he has a chance to demonstrate his ability as a father.
@HootyTheNightOwl

As i've said elsewhere, i don't think abortion is a decision to be taken lightly and certainly not for vindictive reasons but at the end of the day, whatever the woman's motivation for the decision it must be [i]her[/i] decision because it is [i]her[/i] body.
@Pikachu But, then again, the same argument could be used to deny men access to their children after birth.

The woman knows what is best for her child because it comes from within her body.

There's no reason for being a douche, no matter whose body, or which gender you are.

We all know how procreation works and how to avoid pregnancy if it isn't convenient - and (with the exception of rape) the vast majority of unwanted pregnancies can be avoided by both genders using forms of contraception in the first place... so abortion shouldn't be necessary in most cases.
@HootyTheNightOwl

[quote]the same argument could be used to deny men access to their children after birth.[/quote]

No i disagree. That is an entirely separate argument because denying a man access to a child has nothing whatsoever to with the violation of his bodily autonomy.