Originally Posted by Deltona Couple

So after reading this thread, I am coming to the conclusion that there are people out there who believe it is just FINE for a woman to decide to abort a child, without the father's say so, even if HE could be a loving single parent. However if the mother decides to keep the child, and the father doesn't want anything to do with said child, that he is STILL going to be paying out his butt for child support. Somehow I look at this logic as hypocritical. It seems to me that the woman has all the power here, and men just have to come along for the ride.

To say that a man has nothing to do at all with the process is either misinformed, or has not seen the proper combination of parents. Oh I will agree that the physical and hormonal conditions are brunted by the woman, but a proper father is there all the time, doing what he can to comfort and support the woman. Is that not a reasonably equal share of the burden? I was there from conception to birth of all 3 of my kids. I was there for her, sitting up all night brushing her hair, holding her hand when the cramps and pains were too much. I was the one who made mid morning trips to the store for ANYTHING that she asked for, and still got up to go to work the next morning. I was the one who made sure that if there was ANYTHING that she wanted or needed, I took care of it. Are you saying that what I did was meaningless compared to her? After the kids were born I was the one who got up several times through the night to take care of the child so SHE could get a good night rest, and AGAIN went to work, sometimes without a SINGLE minute of sleep. When they got sick, I was the one who made sure they got to the doctor on time, I was the one who took care of them, I was the one who gave them baths while SHE sat and watched her TV, complaining that SHE was tired. So for those who say a man has no equal part in the gestation of a child is WELL misinformed! I was there from the day they were conceived, until today when so far they have grown into WONDERFUL and intelligent children, with a bright future ahead of them all....And if my wife had had HER say in it all, I would only have ONE child in my life. Now which of you is going to tell 2 of my kids that THEY don't have a right to be here because I should have let their mother abort them instead of DEMAND that they be born?