to force someone to abort a child they want? No way
to stop an abortion of a child he wants to raise? Yes
People can always sign away their parental rights

If men don’t want children they should make sure the woman is on the pill & use a condom or abstain from sex until they want children. This seems tlikeo me that men are just trying to get out of being financially responsible for their own actions

Interesting concept, good luck getting it legislated. Too many grey areas…..
how about people take responsibility before the woman falls pregnant.

This is something a couple should be thinking about before they’re intimate with each other, so I do think a pregnancy is both their responsibility and you shouldn’t be running from it.

Maybe find a better name for it but, yeah why not.
Men shouldn’t be forced to be stuck with some woman who got pregnant on them.
But at the same time it is your responsibility to wear condoms and to check the woman is on birth control. If you have sex without taking precautions against sti’s or pregnancy then its your own damn fault

Even if you have a tubal litigation and it is done with clips (now common procedure – not cut & tied – it isn’t foolproof either. The clips can come open and ultimately pregnancy can still occur.

Any time you engage in sexual intercourse, regardless of whether contraception is used or not, you run the risk of a pregnancy. Contraception sometimes fails. If you want to have sex, you need to accept the responsibility if a pregnancy is the result. If you bring in a law like this, then you might as well bring in a legally binding contract for men to sign stating if sex results in an accidental pregnancy, then you are both financially responsible.

Very difficult to have an opinion about this.
I fear that too many men would take advantage of this and leave the pregnant woman completely alone just to avoid responsibility!

A guy should have a say I feel it shouldn’t have to be up to the women to make that decision it should be equal

A very controversial topic here! While I’ve always believed in equal parenting rights, I’m not sure they should go this far. Ultimately, it is the woman who has to carry the baby, that’s life altering in itself. So the ultimate decision has to fe the womans

If that is the way the guys think and don’t want to accept any responsibility for a child they should ensure they are unable to produce sperm. Given the option some guys are going to try to shirk responsbility if they don’t want the baby. If they don’t any contact with the baby that is their choice.

Again misleading title…

For a second when I started to read this article that it meant a man could legal get the woman to have a physical abortion if he didn’t want the child. Thank goodness it wasn’t that. It is hard to say that I agree or disagree with what the actual concept of this article is about. I wouldn’t like it to be called abortion rights to start with. Secondly I am against abortions with there being very few circumstances in which I personally would agree to consenting an abortion to occur. If a father is going to be allowed to sign his rights away as a father it becomes tricky around the financial responsibility side of things. There is also many other issues but my personal views would be an entire blog.

The best way for men to avoid becoming fathers if they don’t want to is to use a condom each and every time.

this is a very contentious issue & it will be a hard slog for any country to make this law. From my own point of view, if you do the deed then you should take precautions if you don’t want a child. Why should anyone have control over some one else’s body? Why should a male have the right to tell a female to abort the child if she want’s it? These are just a couple of questions that need to be discussed before any law could be even thought of. This really does open a Pandora’s box

Honestly I believe they should have the right to do so
As women we get the choice to have a child whether or not a male wants to do that or not, it\’s our given right as its our bodies carrying and birthing a baby. What about women who abort their babies without the makes consent? I bet no one has thought about that
So why shouldn\’t men get equal rights?!
I think at least a test should be done example if it\’s a one night stand then no they shouldn\’t have to be a father if they don\’t want to do so

Of course they should be given this right. As soon as they are the ones giving birth!! This is just another way for loser fathers to get out of paying for a child. By willingly committing the act of intercourse you inherently open yourself to the possibility of parenthood. If you don’t want to support a child , then refrain from intercourse.

Interesting read. I think this article is going to cause a great debate. I can’t see any country bring this in.