Rights over a new life

There is something that does not convince me in what some are saying: That it is a woman's right to abort. And this for two reasons.

First, I do not think that a pregnant woman has the sole right over the creature in her womb. The male who brought about her pregnancy has a right to that creature as much as the female for it is the fruit of both their efforts.

Secondly, human life being the wellspring of a community, the community itself has a fundamental duty to renew itself with new life. Hence, a pregnant woman who aborts is depriving her community of the means of renewing itself.

As each member of a community has duties towards the good running and maintenance of that community, so also the pregnant woman has the duty of, at least, not destroying the new life that is growing within her, for, because of that new life, the whole community is being renewed.

If we start from the premise that man is a social animal, it must necessarily follow that abortion is to be condemned.