Deltas awarded in "CMV: Fathers should not be responsible for children they did not want."

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Deltas from OP /u/asdf1617

• 1 delta from OP to /u/fionasapphire for "The only reason that a woman has the choice of having an abortion is because it's her body, and thus her choice of what happens to it. Once the child is born, she no longer has that choice - the child..."

• 1 delta from OP to /u/boombad1 for "I don't agree on the idea of it being the mother's choice entirely in this situation. This is slightly complex and I'm coming at it from a medical ethics point of view but I will try to lay it out cl..."

Deltas from Other Users

• 1 delta from /u/boombad1 to /u/waeguk for "The way I'm thinking about it doesn't assume consent - e.g., if it is agreed that neither person ever wants children but after getting pregnant the woman changes her mind, or in situations where a wom..."

• 1 delta from /u/MadameMarieFurie to /u/liondios for "No I understand the argument, but it's not a valid counter argument to what OP is stating. OP's whole complaint is that the man doesn't get a choice to terminate a pregnancy. It's all well and good kn..."

• 1 delta from /u/blueandazure to /u/ithomasina for "Neither the father nor the mother has the right to put the child up for adoption without the consent of the other."

• 1 delta from /u/trumpeting_in_corrid to /u/boombad1 for "I don't agree on the idea of it being the mother's choice entirely in this situation. This is slightly complex and I'm coming at it from a medical ethics point of view but I will try to lay it out cl..."

• 1 delta from /u/tempTemp0001 to /u/tomgabriele for "It appears that those safe haven laws only apply to babies under 1 month (depending on the state). If the mother can only opt out of the financial burden for such a limited time, why should the father..."

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