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michael^3 wrote:

surreptitious57 wrote:

michael^3 wrote:
Why should the father be forced to pay because of the decision of the mother to keep the baby

Because he is both morally and legally responsible for the child till it becomes an adult

I see no reason why. If the woman is has the freedom to avoid the financial burden of a future baby (by killing it), then the father should have a similar right to renounce it. This seems utterly obvious to me.

Yeah, it does seem a bit unfair that women have full control over their reproductive destiny while a man only has half-control.

I'm not sure what can be done about it. It would be barbaric to force a woman to keep a child or abort it if the father has a difference of opinion.
A man can always flee though. So there is that.