Hello.....I have a little problem

[popeyespappy]

Found an interesting sideline to this sort of discussion

"In 2006, the National Center for Men brought a case in the US, Dubay v. Wells (dubbed by some "Roe v. Wade for men"), that argued that in the event of an unplanned pregnancy, when an unmarried woman informs a man that she is pregnant by him, he should have an opportunity to give up all paternity rights and responsibilities. Supporters argue that this would allow the woman time to make an informed decision and give men the same reproductive rights as women. In its dismissal of the case, the U.S. Court of Appeals (Sixth Circuit) stated that "the Fourteenth Amendment does not deny to [the] State the power to treat different classes of persons in different ways."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive_rights

This is true. It’s also why it’s a crying fucking shame the Equal Rights Amendment was never ratified by the states. If it had the law of the land in the US would now be:

Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

I’m not sure how that would have affected a man’s right to give up his parental rights and responsibilities but it sure as hell would have denied the state the right to treat people differently based on sex.