Originally Posted by willravel

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.