(December 3, 2009 at 4:55 am)leo-rcc Wrote: It is not as cut and dry as people here make it out to be. During early development of the fetus as long as the fetus is not viable to survive detached from its mother (up to the third trimester) I would say it is the mothers choice.Then perhaps he should grow a uterus (and accessories), so that the child can be transplanted into him? If he wants the child, and the mother doesn't, then perhaps he could find another surrogate to carry the child? One thing is for certain: the mother shouldn't be forced to have it just because the person who got her pregnant wants her to.
However, what always gets overlooked in these discussions is the wishes and rights of the father. There is an enormous bias towards the wishes of the woman, but the rights and desires of the man is never considered. What if the father wants the child, promises to take good care of it, either with or without the mother?
Quote:Or what if the mother wants to keep the baby but the father wants nothing to do with it?Then he can leave her? One should not have a child in a relationship with someone else who doesn't want one.
Quote:Should the father be forced to pay for child support?No.
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