New law lets husbands sue to stop wives having abortion

            According to the CNN news, there is a new law that has been established in Arkansason abortion. This will allow husbands to sue the physicians so as to stop their wives from getting an abortion. This law also makes no exemption on the cases of spousal rape. The Gov. Asa Hutchinson passed and signed this law referred to as the Arkansas Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act. It therefore hinders a dismemberment abortion which is one of the most common procedures that is used in the second trimester abortion. The husband suing the doctor for the wife’s abortion must however be the real father of the child and since there is no immunity in the law for rape case or incest, a woman’s rapist can also be able to sue the doctor so as to stop the abortion (Criss n.p).

            In most cases the husbands’ who are the expectant fathers are not usually given a chance to air their voice in abortion decisions. Thus the women do this cat even without considering the fathers opinion. However, the law tends to favor the rapists as they are also authorized by the law to file suit for a control f an abortion. This would even cause more emotional pain to the women who are usually raped.

            The law should therefore try to come up with an exemption for the rapists as this kind of pregnancy is one that is uncalled for. This would help in reducing even the rape cases in the country. In doing this, the law is good as it allows for a collaborative decision making in most of the marriages.

 

 

References

Criss D.  New law lets husbands sue to stop wives having abortion, 2017. Retrieved from: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/07/health/arkansas-rape-law-trnd/index.html