Should Spousal Consent Be Required Before a Married Woman Has an Abortion

Yes, a spousal consent is required before a married woman decides to take a drastic step as abortion as the child is not hers alone. The argument that it is my body and I can and will do as I please, do not hold a candle here because once you have taken the marriage vows nothing was yours alone. From there on whatever you decide or do was to be done with mutual consent. And no doubt the baby will be growing in your womb, remember your husband will also become a father. And no married woman has a right to snatch this happiness from their husbands for their selfish needs.

The baby was conceived mutually so how can the decision to abort it can only be a woman's prerogative? Marriage means union of soul and sharing of everything so when a married woman does not want a child she should sit down and consult it with her husband and tell him about her fears, insecurities (if any) or any other thing that is troubling her and making her to go for abortion. And if her fears are genuine then maybe both husband and wife should decide mutually and go for an abortion.

But remember if you don't consult the matter with your husband and take this big decision of going for an abortion all alone it will affect your marriage badly, which I am sure no sensible woman will want. It could be possible that your husband loses his faith in you since you hid the most important thing like this from him. He might feel cheated and hurt.

Remember when a man feels cheated by the very person (his wife) he trusts he ends up losing faith in women in general and stop respecting them altogether. The other effect could be that he starts looking for pleasures outside home. Yes, that's how their minds work. My woman does not love me or respect me to bear my child so I will not touch her. Sounds extreme but then that's how men are. And considering the delicate matter as aborting your pregnancy who knows how they will react.

Men usually relate everything to ego so if a woman even thinks about an abortion (that is if there is no valid reason except for the fact that I am not ready for a child yet and so on) they think that their wives are attacking their egos and hence they retaliate in an aggressive manner. Abortion for them means they are so repulsive hence their wives do not want to bear their child. I am sure this is not what your reason is for going for an abortion but then who can reason with someone unreasonable.

Forget abortion enjoy pregnancy and motherhood but if you must go for an abortion then do it with mutual consent. It will help you in the long run.