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Originally Posted by Rekna
Will how will the government contact the father? A paternal test needs samples from the baby and the father. Thus in order to determine who the father is they need to already know who the father is..... The state doesn't have a database of our DNA (thank god) and thus such a law would be unenforceable.
If we want to remove the double standard in the law either
1) Fathers should have a right to prevent the abortion
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2) Fathers should have the right to say "I don't want this child" and thus be free of any financial responsibility.
Personally I prefer number 1 to number 2. Can anyone think of any other ways to remove the double standard?
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My thread is more about maintaining a double-standard, but reducing the distance from one set of rights to the other. Unfortunately, either of your suggestions would require an asterisk to Roe v. Wade, which is something most people would have a serious problem with.
The state will contact the father by requiring it on one the forms required to have an abortion. If the information is wrong, there could be a penalty. If the woman can demonstrate that the father has a history of violence, then he will not be contacted.
I see this as a good compromise. It doesn't take away the sole decision from the woman, but it also includes the man in an informational sense, assuming he has no history of violence.