This dissertation explores a critically underexamined area in reproductive health: the role of male partners in abortion decision-making. While abortion related discussions typically revolve around the rights of the pregnant person and the fetus, they often overlook the complex ways in which male partners can both influence and be influenced by this decision. Through a comparative normative analysis of three countries, Pakistan, Turkey, and Belgium, this research investigates this role from cultural, legal, and ethical perspectives, and how each of them can shape men’s positive or negative involvement in abortion decisions. In Pakistan and Turkey, despite legal frameworks that permit abortion under specific conditions, male partners often exert informal control over decisions through cultural, religious, or economic pressure. In Belgium, although women enjoy strong legal autonomy, many male partners report feeling excluded from the decision-making process. These findings highlight important ethical tensions between individual rights and relational dynamics across different social contexts. This study matters socially because it gives both responsibility and voice to the invisible. By including male perspectives, this study challenges the idea that reproduction is “women’s work” and encourages shared responsibility. In Pakistan and Turkey, informal male vetoes and cultural pressure often leave women with no real choice, despite laws that technically protect them. In Belgium, women have strong legal rights, but men often feel emotionally excluded. These insights highlight moral blind spots in reproductive care. Instead of either excluding men or letting them dominate, this study calls for a middle ground: support men’s emotional engagement without undermining women’s decisional power. That’s what real relational autonomy looks like. The social impact of the dissertation includes raising awareness of cultural blind spots in abortion care by challenging patriarchal norms that use culture and religion to informally control women’s bodies, calling for legal clarity and counseling reforms that protect autonomy while recognizing emotional needs, and promoting inclusive abortion policies that center women’s rights and build respectful, supportive roles for male partners. Ultimately, this research supports the development of more ethical, equitable, and supportive abortion policies across diverse sociocultural settings. It encourages policymakers, NGOs, and health systems to rethink how abortion services are designed, so they’re safe, ethical, and fair for both women and men.