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I'm fully aware of the healthcare aspect when it comes to abortion, because of what pregnancy entails, but it shouldn't be ignored that in the vast majority of cases, abortion is elective, sought because the would-be mother simply does not want the child to be born—in other words, she wants to opt out of parenthood.
If the law across the board in the US was that abortion was always allowed in cases where the pregnant woman's life was in danger, but never otherwise, women wouldn't be any less outraged than they are presently, even though that would put them on pretty much on an even keel with where men are, re reproductive rights.
The normal changes that happen in pregnancy are not to ignore. And what about pregnancy through e.g. rape? Do we dismiss the mental harm it would cause to have a daily reminder that someone did that to you?
Stop comparing.
Just say, "i think there should be an opt-out option for men" and move on. You can't compare pregnancy and it's implications with simply parenthood, but you don't need to. Just argue for what you want without punch down. Women are not your enemy. You can have more rights and they can have more rights.
Of course I don't dismiss that. But you say this as if aborting such a pregnancy would actually do anything to meaningfully reduce that trauma. You need counseling/therapy regardless.
Generally speaking, this is not a productive thing to say to someone who has fewer rights than you do.
Make no mistake, I want everyone to have full rights here—and in cases where it's literally impossible for one of the sexes to have right X because of the biological realities and/or recognized bodily sovereignty (e.g. males would obviously make no use of a right to terminate their own pregnancy, nor should they be able to dictate whether any pregnant person terminate or not terminate the pregnancy), they should be legally afforded the closest equivalent possible.
Your implication is frankly offensive. This is not, at all, a fair characterization of anything I've said here.