[ddhuab]

I just don't see how it would work, at least not until the baby was born and paternity could be established. Yes, a woman has a right to have an abortion for an unwanted pregnancy. There is no doubt that she is the mother of the child. That choice is irreversable.

With men, you would have to wait until the child was born (or at least, very late in the pregnancy, I think) to establish paternity. So at that point, the mother's choices, too, are limited.

It would take just one man signing away his rights before pregnancy, and then changing his mind, to make the law reverse.

And would we have men, then, starting to initiate pre-birth adoption matches, which would then pressure the women to give in? Would the law establish such "equal" rights for the man that, even thought he wanted to relinquish rights, he could CHOOSE adoption, forcing the woman to give birth?

This is a very interesting proposition. I think for it to work, it would have to be similar to universities who have very formal "date rape" policies, and make students sign contracts to verbally ask permission to go to the next step, etc. What I mean is, I think to establish on record that you do not want to parent children and would intend on signing your rights away, you would have to register somewhere or sign some kind of contract with that particular partner before conception --- not very romantic, but then, if someone were that serious, I think that is the only way such a decision could be a basis for a judgement of no financial responsibility.

Question: If such a law passed, would young men under 18 be allowed to sign away their rights and responsibilities? This seems very dangerous to me.

Do you think if such a law passed it would decrease the amount of teen and/or unmarried births? Do you thinks teens would avoid unprotected sex if such a law were established?

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