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Once the baby has been born, both parents should absolutely have the same rights and responsibilities when it comes to access to and financial responsibility for the child. Both parents should be held financially responsible for the child's upbringing, regardless of who has physical custody.
Both parents should also have equal responsibility when it comes to the part of reproduction that happens within their bodies. The man's part occurs with the production and release of sperm. Once he's deposited his sperm into the woman's body, everything else happens there, and the woman should have the right to determine what happens within her body. It's entirely consistent to grant each partner the right to make their own decisions about their own bodies.
The moment that gestation can occur outside the woman's body, I'll agree that the man should have equal say in continuation of the pregnancy; until then it's her body, it's ultimately her decision.
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