Okay, here's the deal.... I personally got fixed to avoid this situation but I agree with Trip in that if the man wishes to opt out of the situation, he should be able to. Perhaps by paying for 1/2 of the abortion fee? If the woman CHOOSES, (because it's all about choice, right?), to have the child anyway, she MUST have decided that she can afford it. All this talk about shared responsibility is all well and good but it's never going to be an equal situation. Do most men in this scenario have a chance in hell of having full custody of the child? How about he gets the kid and she pays support? After the child is born, he goes with the parent with the best resources... I don't know but this situation isn't even close to fair in any way.
The man's choices;
1. Have sex or not
2. Use condom or not
The women's choices;
1. Have sex or not
2. Use condom or not
3. Be on the pill or not
4. Several other forms of birth control or not
5. Day after pill or not
6. Abortion or not
7. Adoption or not
How is this even close to equitable?
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