I am anti-abortion. That is no secret, but I will not let that sway my point to this discussion as I am not going to advocate not having an abortion in this point.

Anyway, back to the point, if i get a girl pregnant, I become a father. Period. That is how it works. I fertilize an egg, and a baby begins to develop. I fertilized it, right? So, I am a father. As a father, I think it is my duty to provide for the child I helped to create. Yet, for some reason, that is not my role in society. Instead, I am at the mercy of the woman's will. If she decides to have the child, I am forced into child support. I agree with that. Yet, if she decides to abort, and I want to raise the child on my own), there is nothing I can do. So, in a sense, this gives the woman the power of life and purse. She not only controls the decision of whether or not the baby lives, but she controls my wallet. There is nothing I can do about that. That is wrong.

If the woman wants to have full control of the decision, then she needs to take full responsibility. The man needs to have some choice in it as some point. If the woman decides on whether or not to give birth, than the man needs to at least have some choice as to whether or not to be a father and provide money for the child support. It is as fair as it can get. (I would not deny my child anything, but that is me. I don't expect everyone to make the same choice.)

The only half-legitimate argument against this logic is to say the man made his choice when he impregnated the woman. Yet, shouldn't that go both ways? Unless she was raped, she gave it up willingly, as well. It takes two. Also, how is it you can donate to a sperm bank with monetary responsibility to a conceived child from your man-goo (while getting paid for the sperm), but not if you actually have sex. Seems like something is out of touch to me.

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