The idea that when someone is “acting responsibly” they should be immune from consequences is nonsense.  Even when people are driving their cars responsibly, they can still get into accidents and they are still responsible for the damage they do.  In the case of sexual activity, acting responsibly goes beyond just taking steps to avoid pregnancy.  It is also accepting – before having sex – that a child may be conceived.  Abortion is about letting people avoid this part of their responsibility.

Also, if women should not be forced to take on the responsibilities of having a child simply because their birth control failed, do we extend this same option to men?  If a man was “acting responsibly” by using a condom and his partner was “acting responsibly” by using birth control, if a pregnancy results and he offers to pay for an abortion, should we say that he has fulfilled his legal obligations?  This is especially relevant given that if she decides to abort he is legally powerless to stop her, but if she doesn’t abort he can be forced to pay for a child whose intentional execution he could not legally prevent.  If abortion is about equal rights – as the pro-choice gang claims – how can “forced fatherhood” be right if “forced motherhood” is wrong?