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- From: "Amy Young Leith" <alyoung@kiwi.ucs.indiana.edu>
- Subject: Re: Biological reasons against male choice
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.104301.7041@news.cs.indiana.edu>
- Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
- References: <33136.15233@rigel.econ.uga.edu>> <1gbmk8INN74p@gap.caltech.edu> <724473867@lear.cs.duke.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 10:42:53 -0500
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- In article <724473867@lear.cs.duke.edu> gazit@cs.duke.edu (Hillel) writes:
- >Let's say that we have a situation where the father had notified the
- >mother in week four of the pregnancy that he does not want the child,
- >but she decided to have it, and now she sues the father.
-
- IF he would, and could, legally give up all rights to visit the child,
- etc, then I'd say if he did this, then the choice, and hence the
- responsability, should fall upon the woman whether to carry the
- pregnancy to term and to have and raise a child.
-
- >There are (at least) two options:
- >1) An unmarried mother and an angry father and a bitter fight
- > to force him to *pay*.
- >
- >2) A forced adoption by a pre-screened couple.
- >
- >Michal, like most feminists, just loves option 1) and she fights
- >hard against option 2).
-
- I'd fight hard against it as well. You can't be screaming that men
- shouldn't be forced to X and then turn around and force a woman to do
- something to "fix" it.
-
- >So I have just one questions for her (and every one who is against
- >choice for men): what, in your opinion, is better for the *child*,
- >option 1) or option 2)?
-
- Neither.
-
- >Please try to give a clear answer.
-
- amy
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