Thread: A WOMAN'S right to choose?
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Old 05-15-2008, 08:16 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by garysher View Post
If the woman decides to give birth against the wishes of the father, should he still be legally compelled to provide financial support?
Solid question, one worthy of debate.

Personally, I beleive the answer is yes. But judging from the number of deadbeat dads out there who have abandoned their children, opinions are clearly mixed.

I can definitely see the other side of this. If there were some way of legally signing the father completely out of the child's life, no contact and no financial support... that could work for those that would be willing to enter into such an arrangement.