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To: papertyger
It seems to me, inherently unjust for the woman to have "reproductive choice" from the time she finds out she's pregnant until the actual birth, yet men are stridently commanded (particularly by women) to make that choice before she's even pregnant.

Making the man responsible is one of the reasons for state sponsored marriage.

Without a marriage license, the man should have no say over and no obligation to any child that reasults.

Or let's do away with state sponsored marriage and use DNA testing instead.

1,110 posted on 09/18/2005 6:42:36 PM PDT by Age of Reason
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To: Age of Reason
Without a marriage license, the man should have no say over and no obligation to any child that reasults.

If women have the "right to choose", men should also. Upon formal notification that he's about to become a father, an unmarried man should be able to make a decision as to whether he will support the child, having at least a few weeks to think about it. The woman can make her own decision from there. (Marriage would be considered an explicit "yes" decision)

And no man would be forced to pay support for a child not biologically his, except if he formally accepts the child in full knowledge he's not the biological father

1,121 posted on 09/18/2005 6:53:10 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Never try to teach a pig to sing -- it wastes your time and it annoys the pig)
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