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I am attaching the word force to what you seem to feel is a man's right in this. Any and all decisions about my body are mine. When and if I have sex and who with, whether or not I carry a child to term or seek medical intervention. Those are my decisions to make as long as the law allows abortion.
I would, in that situation, I hope, give full consideration to the man's feelings on it. But, if he and I haven't actually decided to get pregnant then we both took a risk: I risked getting pregnant, and he risked getting me pregnant. One of the attendant risks of getting pregnant is that I may have a child, with all the potential health factors that involves and also, possibly end up as a single mother whose career and future plans come grinding to a halt because the world turned upside down. One of the attendant risks of getting me pregnant would be that the potential child he might have had could be denied him. Both parties decided to sleep with each other. Both knew the risks. Every woman knows condoms can break. Every man knows a woman has the legal right to seek an abortion (in those countries where it is legal of course :P). Sleep with someone you are not actually planning a family with and you take the above, and a whole host of other, risks.
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