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- From: beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver)
- Subject: Re: adoption rules
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:47:40 GMT
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- peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
- >rlt@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (r l taylor) writes:
- >
- >><1jhkgsINN7sn@gap.caltech.edu> peri@cco.caltech.edu (Michal Leah Peri) writes:
- >
- >>>A man has a right to stop his child from being given up for adoption.
-
- >>Likewise, does the child have a right to a relationship with both parents?
- >>If so, why should the mother be allowed to deny this relationship by keeping
- >>(or attempting to keep) the father uninformed of the child's existence?
- >
- >IMO that is a terriffic ideal. But there are some cases where this is
- >not appropriate. Such as where one parent is potentially abusive or
- >otherwise harmful.
-
-
- Yes, but what makes you feel that the mother should have the sole
- right to make such a judgement?
-
- If a child were one week old and the father *knew* the mother was abusive,
- would it be right for him to take the child and disappear and never
- permit the mother to see the child again -- or even to arrange an adoption
- without her permission or knowledge?
-
- By proposing that mothers can give children up for adoption without
- permitting the father to be notified, you imply that it is alright
- for the *mother* to take such action.
-
- Don
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