In a 'good' relationship, the man and the woman involved will have discussions and come to an agreement on what is to be done, either way. Those are the sorts of relationships that I was thinking of.
To be fair, I wasn't clear enough when I posted that.
Oh, I agree, TenPenny, and that is how the issue is settled most of the time. The man and the woman would discuss it and come to some kind of an agreement.
We know a couple, they had two kids and she was pregnant for the third time (this was perhaps 20 years ago). The woman was working full time, decided that she couldn’t handle three kids and decided to get an abortion. Her husband persuaded her not to, promising that he would help a lot more in the housework. As a result, she did not have an abortion. The husband kept his promise and he really does a lot around the house (even now that the kids have left home).
That is a reasonable way of settling the issue and I think most of the time it is settled in a reasonable manner. However, when push comes to shove, when in the rare instances the two cannot agree, it is for the woman to make the final decision.