manifold
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The text of the Equal Rights Amendment
"Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
Based on this, if abortion is a right, how do you deny the right of a man to abort a fetus that is partly his without violating his right to equality of rights based on sex? You may have a "possesion" way out of it, but I guarantee a court case would be filed almost immediately.
Furthermore things like child support and custody would no longer favor the woman, because in doing so you would be denying equality of rights.
If you're right about the first part, I'd wager that the court(s) would quickly set the precedent that a man cannot legally force a woman into an abortion.
As for the second part, good, child support and custody matters should give equal consideration to both parents.
I agree on the not being able to force a woman into an abortion, as Ravi agreed with above, the possesion aspect of it would be a deciding factor.
What you would have to watch out for would be a "legal" abortion. If a woman can deny parental responsibility via an abortion, shouldnt a man, once again assuming an in place ERA as stated above, be able to rescind parental responsibility as well? Remember under an ERA if one can do it, the other has to be able to do it too.
Regardless of the legal ramifications of a possible ERA, I maintain that it would be a terrible idea to give men the freedom to carelessly spread their seed without any monetary consequences.