Ohio Abortion Bill Takes Different Approach Giving Fathers a Say

Life News ^ | 8/3/07 | Steven Ertelt

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Short of barring infanticide, this sounds like an excellent law.

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[sportutegrl]

This will make all these guys think twice before they get an underage girl pregnant. She can’t get an abortion without his signature, which is an admission of guilt. And if she has the baby, DNA will prove it is his.

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

I agree. Fathers should have a say. If I knew a baby of mine was aborted, I would be crushed.

[muawiyah]

Supreme Court ruled a few weeks back that the Congress could write and pass lawas regulating abortion. Now we get a chance to see if it’s OK for state legislatures to do so.

[darkangel82]

but it will likely encounter constitutional roadblocks.

Why should it? There's no constitutional right to an abortion.

[Keith Brown]

Pro DAD!

[Halls]

although I agree, this could end up backfiring where a mom wants the child and dad wants the abortion. Than what would happen? Dads take mom to court to make her have an abortion? Who knows. I’m all for any and all ways to stop abortion, but not sure if this is the way to go.

[Tanniker Smith]

Why should it? There's no constitutional right to an abortion.

Uh-huh. Okay, then, no point in arguing with you. However, them folks in them black robes that say otherwise are the ones who will be striking this law down.

[darkangel82]

Not with this USSC.

[Tanniker Smith]

I don't see how this one will stand. Either the father has veto power or he doesn't. The courts aren't going to give them that veto power.

And what if the woman isn't married? Is anyone going to do a paternity test first to establish that the person giving consent is actually the father? (What about inside a marriage??)

I'll assume that there are some excemptions for when Daddy's a rapist or Bill Clinton (oh, but I repeat myself).

[Tanniker Smith]

Can it a hunch or a prediction, but if they aren’t willing to strike down abortion altogether then this law won’t pass muster. If it stays legal than yes, this will be found to be an “undue burden”.

[darkangel82]

I’m afraid you may be right.

[Tanniker Smith]

“Call it a hunch . . .”

[ProCivitas]

About time. If either parent wants to not murder the unborn child, then the kid’s life is spared. It’s not quite as strong/right as simply defending the kid no matter who finds him/her inconvenient, but it’s a step in the right direction. Neither parent is secondary.

[Darkwolf377]

If a man is responsible for paying the bills in perpetuity of a woman chooses to have a child, I don’t see why he shouldn’t be brought in early on in the decision-making process.

[Mikey_1962]

The Supreme Court ruled in the Danforth case that spousal consent statutes are unconstitutional if the statutes allow the husband to unilaterally prohibit the abortion in the first trimester.

This may be revisited...