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Should men be allowed to "financially abort" their rights and responsibilities for a fetus? This would probably look like "signing a legal document that removes their legal status as father"

Yes - even after birth
14.6%
Yes, during pregnancy
38.4%
Yes-only before pregnancy
14%
No
32.9%

1,559 votesFinal results

8:07 PM · Aug 28, 2019

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To those voting no, I'm curious what you think sperm donors' responsibilities are.

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I would say during pregnancy with provisions added in case the pregnancy was not disclosed to the father until after birth.

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If a society is giving a mother the choice to abort a pregnancy or abandon a child post birth, it stands to reason that a father should have similar rights regarding what he is legally liable to give in support.

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Financial suport isn't the father's right, is the child's right. A person cannot waive another person's right.

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Women should be able to abort without men's permission. So, it is only fair that men should be able to relieve themselves of the obligation and right to the child unilaterally also.

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It depends. Did the man & woman agree beforehand on their intentions in having sex? Did they agree to avoid conception? If so, then if the woman later changes her mind, it seems unreasonable to suddenly place new and theretofore novel expectations on the man.

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I'd set the time window to be identical to whatever the time window is in that jurisdiction for legal abortions. That way his choice on support can still inform her choice about whether to abort or not.

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A "father" isn't a legal status. It's a biological one, you can't rescind it. The obligation is to the child not mother.

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Why should he even have to sign anything if he only agreed to sexual intercourse, not the creation of a child?