This has been a really interesting discussion. As far the issue at hand about what rights does the father have to "legally abort" the child in the case where the father wants an abortion and the mother does not, I admit that I support the idea at first glance. I'm also a hard-line pro-choicer, and from reading others posts it seems like pro-choicers are more willing to accept the idea of a "legal abortion."
The biggest problem this solution poses though, is what implications does this have in the case where the father wants to keep the baby and the mother does not? Should the consenting father have the legal right to prevent abortion (except in cases of medical emergency) by agreeing to pay the mother medical expenses, lost wages, etc, and agreeing to release the mother from any financial obligation to support the baby after birth?
Bottom line though, I agree that consenting partners need to share the responsibility of a pregnancy and that current laws do not make this possible.
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