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Originally Posted by Jozrael
I feel for you, DC, I really do. But I ask you what to do in a situation where all you know is this:
A woman is pregnant. She wants to abort the baby. The father does not want to abort the baby. Neither will change their mind. She is going to abort the baby and the father sues to prevent her from doing so. What does the court do? What CAN they do?
It's a horrible situation where I don't see a good solution, at all. Either way someone loses terribly. Either the future person and the father's rights or the mother's rights are being trampled.
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But your scenario is obviously too vague. There are always more details to it than that. Courts will look at more than just "girl pregnant, want's abortion, father says no...ok we will make our decision now"
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Originally Posted by tisonlyi
Err... Surely if your ex-wife REALLY wanted the abortion she would have had it? Or, you know, maybe she discussed it with you, her life partner,and you made a joint decision - which she complied with? The point is, in the end, it was HER decision, or decision to abide by a joint decision.
So while your ex might have had thoughts about abortion, in the end she didn't have one. She chose that, not you.
No matter how you dress it up, the final word is ALWAYS with the woman. Laws or no laws, partners or no partners.
Men just have to live with being out of control for once.
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Actually, yes, my ex really did want the abortion. I told her that if she went through with it, that I would divorce her and sue her for custody of all our children. So she gave in. I tried for days to just talk her out of it and she didn't budge, so I did the only thing I could think of. So her "decision" was forced, not hers alone. I was not about to lose one of my children that way.
While you may feel that the final decision lays with the woman, I am sorry, but I must respectfully disagree with you and say that your belief is wrong. But then again, it is your belief. And I take SERIOUS offense to the last sentence. Nuff said.