The decision to bring new life into the world should, ideally, be agreed upon by both parents.
If the female does not wish to be a mother, I believe it is her right to abort the pregnancy. We have the technology. The procedure is invasive and I would recommend her to try other methods to avoid pregnancy if she does not wish to be a parent. Even with an abortion pill, she still has to push all that stuff out at some point. It’s going to be traumatic. So it’s better if she’s on the pill, an IUD (which admittedly isn’t pleasant either), uses physical contraceptive (condoms), or just avoids PiV altogether (anal, oral, digital are all pleasurable to both sexes).
If the male does not wish to be a father, I believe it is his right to renounce paternity. But it should be total, all or nothing. He would never get the right to see the child or to call himself the father. This is a really messy situation pretty much everywhere. If you help raise a child, you should have some parental rights… coming from someone who’s helped raise a few. Of course, if the child already has a father and you’re just (as a man) helping out, you’re an uncle at best. If the child has a father but he’s never around, the mother has a boyfriend but he has no interest in being a dad, and you step up, even if you’re a family friend, I believe that makes you a dad, even if you aren’t biologically related to the child. I mean, every child should have a dad, and if their father isn’t there, the mom’s boyfriend doesn’t want the job, and a friend steps up, and the child calls this man “daddy” I don’t see anything wrong with it. When they’re both adults (that is, the child is of legal age), they can apply whatever label they want (dad, uncle, or friend), but before they reach the age of majority? I think you should be able to say you’re that child’s dad.
I am pretty much hugely pro-life. I’ve seen the best of kids, and I’ve seen some of the worst. Not like “We Need to Talk About Kevin” worst, but I’ve met a few who fear the inside of a bathtub and/or hot water. I’ve seen where shit goes in a diaper when no one steps up to change it for hours (hint: it goes EVERYWHERE, and if it’s a girl… yes… sort of anyway). I’ve seen all kinds of tantrums. I’ve had to settle all those things. Cleaned up all kinds of bodily fluids. And I still think kids are worth it. But that being said, I’m not anti-choice/pro-birth.
The decision to bring new life into the world should, ideally, be agreed upon by both parents.
If the female does not wish to be a mother, I believe it is her right to abort the pregnancy. We have the technology. The procedure is invasive and I would recommend her to try other methods to avoid pregnancy if she does not wish to be a parent. Even with an abortion pill, she still has to push all that stuff out at some point. It’s going to be traumatic. So it’s better if she’s on the pill, an IUD (which admittedly isn’t pleasant either), uses physical contraceptive (condoms), or just avoids PiV altogether (anal, oral, digital are all pleasurable to both sexes).
If the male does not wish to be a father, I believe it is his right to renounce paternity. But it should be total, all or nothing. He would never get the right to see the child or to call himself the father. This is a really messy situation pretty much everywhere. If you help raise a child, you should have some parental rights… coming from someone who’s helped raise a few. Of course, if the child already has a father and you’re just (as a man) helping out, you’re an uncle at best. If the child has a father but he’s never around, the mother has a boyfriend but he has no interest in being a dad, and you step up, even if you’re a family friend, I believe that makes you a dad, even if you aren’t biologically related to the child. I mean, every child should have a dad, and if their father isn’t there, the mom’s boyfriend doesn’t want the job, and a friend steps up, and the child calls this man “daddy” I don’t see anything wrong with it. When they’re both adults (that is, the child is of legal age), they can apply whatever label they want (dad, uncle, or friend), but before they reach the age of majority? I think you should be able to say you’re that child’s dad.
I am pretty much hugely pro-life. I’ve seen the best of kids, and I’ve seen some of the worst. Not like “We Need to Talk About Kevin” worst, but I’ve met a few who fear the inside of a bathtub and/or hot water. I’ve seen where shit goes in a diaper when no one steps up to change it for hours (hint: it goes EVERYWHERE, and if it’s a girl… yes… sort of anyway). I’ve seen all kinds of tantrums. I’ve had to settle all those things. Cleaned up all kinds of bodily fluids. And I still think kids are worth it. But that being said, I’m not anti-choice/pro-birth.