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- From: holzman@d0gslb.fnal.gov (Daniel B. Holzman)
- Subject: Parallell situations (was Re: Muffy becomes anti-choice)
- References: <1992Dec16.193426.19660@athena.cs.uga.edu> <MUFFY.92Dec21182007@remarque.berkeley.edu> <1992Dec22.172028.1@d0gslb.fnal.gov> <1h8aufINNbs3@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 22:27:39 GMT
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- In article <1h8aufINNbs3@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com>, regard@hpsdde.sdd.hp.com
- (Adrienne Regard) writes:
- > Uh,
- >
- > but,
- >
- >
- > Daniel,
- >
- > We haven't seen 'a parallell' yet.
- >
- > We have seen many things, but we haven't seen a parallell yet.
- >
- > Got one to show us?
-
- A parallell has been posted here several times. Here we go again:
-
- During the time that a woman can legally obtain an abortion, less lead time for
- notification purposes, a man should be able to legally disolve all ties to a
- fetus.
-
- The woman then understands that if she is going to carry the pregnancy to term
- and raise the child, that she is going to do so on her own, or with the
- financial aid of someone who wishes to be a parent to this child, and will be
- in a position to choose to abort or carry to term taking this information into
- account. If she is going to put the child up for adoption, the father will
- have no more claim on the child than any other person. If she is going to
- abort the fetus, the cost of the abortion will be shared by the man.
-
- In the absence of such a dissolution, the father shall be liable for child
- support. However, the father shall not be required to pay for an abortion he
- does not support. In the absence of such a dissolution, should the mother wish
- to put the child up for adoption, the father shall have an unopposed right to
- custody instead. Only in the event of both parents wishing to give the child
- up for adoption shall the child be so given.
-
- In no circumstance shall a man be permitted to compel a woman to have an
- abortion she does not wish to have.
-
- The situations are parallell. The mother has the unilateral right to decide if
- she is ready to become a parent, and the recourse to see that decision put into
- effect. The father has the unilateral right to decide if he is ready to become
- a parent, and the recourse to see that decision put into effect.
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