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We would not think of allowing a man to determine a woman's life merely because a fetus he helped create was in her womb then why would we allow a woman to determine a man's life merely because a fetus he helped create is in her womb?

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Warren Farrell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 26
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