[Hodar]

Interesting article; but YOU are not the one carrying the child.

Flip side arguement. You have had 'x' children. You want no more children, but your wife does. You opt for a vasectomy; using the same arguement (married, etc.) would you allow your wife the RIGHT to prevent you from getting a vasectomy, tummy tuck, face lift, liposuction, ect?

[CSM]

If the funding is demanded, the payer must also have input in the choice. Oh, yeah, I forgot, we live in a society where it's acceptable to use government guns to steal money from people without accountability to the earners.

[sandbar]

>Interesting article; but YOU are not the one carrying the >child.

Flip side- Then if the female is the ultimate decision maker because she is the one carrying the child, then SHE is the one who is ultimately responsible for getting pregnant in the first place and therefore the male should not have any obligation to support the child hereafter.

[NCjim]

There are two points here:

First, the decision of what treatment, if any, is performed is the sole decision of the patient unless the patient is incapable of making that decision and has in advance given authority to another person to decide for him or her.

Second, the decision as to what information is to be released to others, such as a spouse, is also decided beforehand. For example, my doctor had me fill out a form as to whether my medical information could be released to my wife. Had I not signed the form, she would be in the dark. I signed it because I figured she'd find out anyway... :-)

[Proverbs 3-5]

"Interesting article; but YOU are not the one carrying the child. "

Yeah, but it was the fathers sperm that was a key ingredient in creating that baby. Therefore the "YOU are not the one carrying the child" is pretty weak.