[SatinDoll]

Register when? After every instance of intercourse? Sounds like a stud book!

[Born to Conserve]

Does the father get notified before abortions?

[DoughtyOne]

LMAO

This is being sold as a plus for men, when in actuality it’s a tranparent ploy to connect fathers to support payments. Now I don’t necessarily have a problem with that, but let’s address it for what it is.

[lovecraft]

I bet there are a lot of Mr. Johnson’s in that registry. ahem...

[elephantlips]

The mothers apparently had no problem during the creation of said child.

[Sonny M]

call me crazy, but shouldn’t the mothers at least know the names of the guys they are sleeping with?

[untrained skeptic]

So if a woman gets pregnant and decides to break up with the guy and not tell him she is pregnant, the guy gives up his parental rights if he doesn't register in this registry that he likely doesn't even know about, nor does he have good reason to think he needs to register even if he does know the registry exists.

Having a child out of wedlock and putting it up for adoption is a brave and honorable thing for a single woman to do if she does not want or is unable to raise the child. I can understand a desire to make such an difficult situation a little less difficult.

However, I don't see how a father can surrender his parental rights when he never even knew he was a father. Expecting someone to register any time they have sex outside of marriage is not a reasonable expectation and is also an egregious invasion of privacy.

It is a difficult issue, but this is not a reasonable or acceptable solution.