To think men shouldn’t be allowed to express pro-life opinions?

I don't think this is true. I had a colleague who was pro-life and the organisation she supported certainly did provide a range of support to mothers who kept their babies.

Of course they should be allowed to have an opinion. Are you the thought police? Anyone is allowed an opinion on anything. That doesn't mean anyone has to takr any noticd of their opinion.

You want to live without freedom of speech? Thats a slippery slope.

It is better to let people say what they want and challenge them on their views when you don’t agree.

Of course they should have an opinion. It's their baby too.

Men should definitely be allowed to express these opinions .... so we can avoid them at all costs. walking red flags

Everybody should be able to express an opinion. Just ignore the ones you don't agree with

Which is all well and good, but those opinions have a nasty habit of becoming law, don't they.

I agree, OP. No man can morally hold a view other than pro-choice.

I only see pro-life used by people who are anti-abortion but don't want to call themselves that because of the negativity

Or because it actually better reflects their opinion. From their perspective their view is about saving human life. Just like pro-choice better reflects the view of the other side than ' pro-abortion'.

What I do find interesting though is that as far as I can see the 'pro life' lobby has b*r all interest in the welfare of children once they are born.

Ditto quite a lot of the 'anti euthanasia' people

No one has absolute bodily autonomy.

So, once again, ‘controlling’ someone else’s body hangs on the fact that you don’t consider the foetus to be human.

If you do (say at 30 weeks) then an abortion at this point is the same as allowing someone infected with a disease to wander freely. Many people would also favour compulsory vaccination to protect the vulnerable who cannot get vaccinated.

The main reason boys get HPV vaccine is to protect women from cervical cancer (yes, there are other very rare male cancers it also helps with).

It is a nuanced discussion of ethics and men have as much right to contribute as women to that, just as women can contribute to discussions about male circumcision and prostate cancer, despite it being outside their lived experience.

All people should be allowed freedom of speech, whether we like what they say or not. And that man's opinions sound monstrous, but he has the right to say them, just as we have to right to prove how dehumanising and misogynistic they are.

That said, and I'm aware of the irony of what I'm about to write, but I'm definitely side-eyeing your use of "pro-life" in your OP. I only see pro-life used by people who are anti-abortion but don't want to call themselves that because of the negativity.

Important to know which men have these views. Also true that there genuinely is a spectrum of opinion on this, which runs from me (abortion on request for any woman who doesn’t want to be pregnant at any time) to him. There are quite a lot of people who are nowhere near either of us, and that’s fine.

Social media is designed to make you angry. Step away, but make sure your MP knows that keeping access to abortion is important to you, and consider donating to organisations- I donate to the Abortion Support Network due to its work in countries where abortion is hard to access.

I think any man opposing abortion should have a forced vasectomy.

See how quickly the men start shouting "my body, my choice"

They wouldn't like it if someone else had control over their body and their reproductive rights.

Any man who is pro-life should show their commitment and get a vasectomy - that way they could guarantee they don't cause a pregnancy which may end up being terminated.

A fairly irrelevant point in a discussion about bodily autonomy.

I think anybody should be allowed to express any opinion they want.

We should be free to ignore them.

Personally I am not interested in ANY opinion’s on abortion except for the opinion of the woman seeking one. People need to learn to mind their own body.

Generally speaking people do not cede power willingly.
Men understand (implicitly or explicitly) that their dominance rests on their ability to control women, that's why they keep trying to do it!

They do not want to relinquish their ability to control things for their own benefit.

They can have all the opinions they like. I just won't give them any consideration. Actually, I want pro-life men to express their opinions so that women can avoid them. I don't have to worry about pregnancy any more, but back when I did, I wouldn't have slept with a pro-life man. They don't deserve it.

I don't mind them having opinions on the subject. They just shouldn't carry any weight.

I think YABU.

Nobody, male or female, has the right to dictate what an individual woman does with her body.

Everybody, male and female, is entitled to an opinion on abortion and whether life begins at conception or birth.

You can't make a baby with a uterus alone.

I think they should have an opinion in general

They shouldn't have a say over a specific woman's choice

Well if it wasn't for men as well there would be no babies, so I want your sperm but not your opinion?

OP, I get how you feel, but everyone is allowed to express their opinion. You cannot just take that right away from anyone. It makes zero real difference whether that opinion is held by a man or a woman. It stings when is someone who does not know the in and outs, but you cannot take away the right to have a say.

Like others are saying men are allowed an opinion.

But i suppose my opinion is it should be given less weight in any decision making process or legal framework.