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Infinite_Loser, let's assume that you're correct and that the father should have an equal say in what happens to the fetus. I don't think you are, at least not completely, but let's pretend for a moment.
What do you do if one wants to keep it and the other wants it aborted? Go to court? Fight custody battles before the child is born? What if a father wants the mother to get an abortion for a baby she wants to keep. What if he wins in court and she needs therapy afterwards, should he have to pay for it? If the father wants the child aborted and the mother wants to keep it, and the mother wins in court, should the father have to pay child support?
You're entering a massive, grey labyrinthe. These questions and the possibly horrid answers that go with them have the potential to drive pregnant women towards back alley abortions, which, I think we can all agree, should never happen.
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