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Originally Posted by manni28
The way I see it, if a woman tells a man she's on the pill and she knows she's not, then she ALONE should be financially held responsible for the child, because she’s deceiving someone.
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In theory, I'd agree, but how do you prove that in a court of law? How does a woman prove that she wasn't deceitful, that it was an honest mistake? How does a man go about proving that his partner deceived him (assuming the child IS his)?
The plaintiff in this case is making a fairly logical argument, and honestly, I can't say that I blame him for being upset over being forced into parental responsibilities he didn't want. If a woman doesn't want the responsibility for a child, she can have an abortion or place a child for adoption. If a man doesn't want those responsibilities, he doesn't have any options, unless the woman has already made the decision to place the child in an adoptive home. Why not have an option for men to terminate their parental rights even if their partner retains hers?
I understand the argument that a child deserves two parents, but if one parent is totally and completely unwilling to BE a parent, how is forcing him to do so in the child's best interests?