Sara Malm writes:
Expectant fathers in Sweden should have the
right to 'legally abort' their unborn child up until the 18th week of
pregnancy, the youth wing of the country's Liberal Party has proposed.
Swedish Liberal Youth argues that
men should be given an equal say in whether or not they wish to become a
parent, and be granted the option to cut any lawful responsibilities.
The suggested 'legal abortion'
would be irreversible and would see the man renounce all parental duties and
rights to see the child once it has been born.
'Men should have an equal right to choose whether or not to become a parent,
says Marcus Nilsen, chairman of the Swedish Liberal youth wing West told Aftonbladet.
The proposal suggests a man should
have the same right to 'abort' parenthood as a woman - up until the 18th week
of pregnancy which is the legal abortion limit in Sweden.
Mr Nilsen also refuted accusations of misogyny, telling the newspaper that the
original motion had been filed by female members of the party.
This is the second controversial
proposal to be suggested by the Swedish Liberal Party's youth wing in just over
a week.
At the end of last month, the
Liberal Youth of Sweden filed a motion to legalize necrophilia, with written
pre-death consent, and incest between two consenting siblings.
A spokesperson for the party enclave said that just because it is 'viewed as
unusual and disgusting', does not mean that the deprived sexual acts should be
illegal.
The controversial announcement was
quickly criticised by the Liberals, and several senior figures within the
mother party.
Former Liberal MP Carl B Hamilton
lashed out at the youth wing accusing them of craving publicity over politics
by focusing on issues that 'hardly determines our, and Sweden's future.'
'Surely, you must understand that
people are laughing at your liberalism, you nitwits? And what other challenges
facing society is on the top 100-list for Stockholm's Liberal Youth? Sex with
hippos?'
A press spokesperson for the
Liberals said last week that the mother party does not back the youth wing, and
wants both necrophilia and incest to remain illegal.
And if you have to say it.
But this "male abortion" thing wants watching.
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