The Abortion Legislation Act 2020 discriminates against men, there is absolutely no mention of the father. It allows for
the murder of his child at the request of the mother, authorised and funded by the government. There is no provision for
the father to be consulted or even advised of the murder of his child. The law does not recognise the father’s right to
protect his child from being killed. His grief and suffering are denied.This is an appalling violation of human rights.
We have to ask, why are men silent?
Every child is a unique and unrepeatable miracle of God the Father’s loving creation. The Fatherhood of man commences at
conception. Children in the womb have a right to the love and protection of their father. Fathers have an inalienable
right to protect their children. Our abortion law cruelly silences and rejects fathers, violating their human rights.
Fathers are the silent victims of abortion.
Why does society condone and ignore the grief and pain of fathers who are prohibited from preventing the murder of their
child?
The law is unjust. It ignores the rights of the father to protect his child in the womb but if it is born, he becomes
immediately responsible to provide maintenance to the mother for eighteen years.
The father also has a duty to protect the mother of his child and the mother also has a right to the protection of the
father. Why do we inflict this injustice on men, women and the unborn?
A Gallop poll in the United States in 2003 revealed that 72 per cent of those polled supported the father being advised
of a mothers intent to abort and a poll in 2002 revealed that only 38 per cent of those polled were opposed to fathers
being required to authorise an abortion.
There are a number of countries that have paternal consent laws for abortion, including Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Syria
and Turkey.
In 211 under Roman law a woman could not have her unborn child killed in an without the consent of the father of her
child.
Our community is full of wounded and damaged fathers who need spiritual healing. Studies reveal that even when the
father supports the abortion of his child, there are serious psychological consequences; anger, a feeling of
helplessness, depression, frustration and guilt through his failure to protect his child and the mother. If the abortion
is within the father’s marriage, it violates the trust and bond that exists between spouses,. It could result in the
father failing to bond with future pregnancies because of his failure to protect his aborted child. The abortion could
also destroy his marriage.
Right to Life supports the rights of fathers to protect their children from being killed before birth and will work to
achieve justice for men who are also the victims of the murder of the innocent.