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[felabeorbt]

By step in I mean assume all responsibility for the child. The wife/girlfriend would have to have said child and sign over all rights. She wouldn't have to have any contact or support of the child. The father would of course have to prove he can provide emotional, financial, physical support for the child and most importantly love the child. Because men can not have babies, does that really mean they should have absolutely no say? Do you think laws should be made giving the father rights over a fetus or "collection of cells"

As for back ground: I couldn't get this question out of my head. I can not understand why the wife simply could not have had the child and signed over responsibility. 9 months+labor does not equal 18+ years of support, love, and emotions for someone. Here is the question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aiyp9WqN1pdiGhQSaAj1eF3ty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20111009181145AAq0dLJ

[ear]

It's a woman's choice.

I know plenty of stories about women who have gotten pregnant and aren't in a situation to take care of a child or simply do not want a child at that time but the father tells them that he will support the child. Guess what, she keeps the baby and then the daddy runs. Moms are the ones left to raise the babies and so many times the men abandon them.

Unless a man has signed some sworn legal statement about he will take care of the child fully, I wouldn't trust a thing that a man says.

[barnett]

No matter what the father wants it is still the woman's choice in the end. It doesn't sound fair but it is the same as not allowing a man to force a woman to have an abortion if he decides he doesn't want a child. If the man is so concerned about his possible future children than a discussion needs to be had BEFORE he chooses to have sex with someone. If that person would want an abortion and he doesn't then obviously they aren't on the same page and he should reevaluate the relationship.

[atworth49]

Women's body, women's choice. Until they can figure out how to transfer a pregnancy into someone else's body - women make the decision. We're lucky enough to live in a time and place that allows us to decide what our body is used for. We are no longer a man's property that's forced to have sex and carry unwanted babies.

Carrying a baby is a physical and emotional experience. There are serious risks involved. Nobody should go through that if they don't want to.

Forcing a women to carry a pregnancy to term would just destroy what the women's rights movement accomplished.

[baigh]

I think if a woman can adopt her child to the father and have no financial obligation becuase she doesnt want the baby... then fathers should be able to do so also when the mom keeps the baby and decides that he doesnt want it and should have to pay.. but that will never happen. Even if the father doesnt want the kid he still has to pay for it. On the other hand, its a womans body and she has the decision... even if the father wants it. If she is willing then it would work out.. If not; no one has the right to tell her what to do with her body.

[forde]

Yes they should be allowed to, No he does not get a say because it's not his body, it's her body. Only she has the right to choose what happens to her body.

[zackary42]

It doesn't matter what he is willing to do, it isn't a baby it is a fetus that is inside HER body. It's her body it's her choice

[hampton83]

Well it's up to the mother. If the guy wants it, I'd say let the kid live and give it to him. But if the chick wants to kill it so she doesn't have to get fat, it's still her choice.

[dasco]

no, men should not have the right to control a womans body. Once the child is born however a lot of things in this world would change in my opinion.

[mace]

Yes.

No one should have to carry a child if they do not want to.