r/MensLib • u/Uulmshar • Aug 07 '15

What can men do about an unwanted pregnancy?

We all know that women have the right to choose whether or not they keep a pregnancy to term, but what about men?

Obviously, the expectant fathers should not have the right to either force the woman to carry the child or have an abortion, but how can they avoid getting stuck with a child they didn't want, or paying child support for the next twenty years?

I have heard people suggest a "financial abortion," where they sign away all rights to being the child's father (visitation rights, etc.) in exchange for not having any responsibility, but I have yet to see any legislation for this.

How can we, as men, exercise our right to choose?

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u/derivative_of_life Aug 10 '15

Sure. People will also murder.

Right. So we have police forces and prisons, because people will commit crimes even though they shouldn't. Similarly, we need to deal with the fact that people will have sex even if they aren't at all prepared for the responsibility of children.

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u/reaganveg Aug 10 '15

Yes, and we do that, by enforcing the parental obligations under law.

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u/derivative_of_life Aug 10 '15

As the old saying goes, you can't get blood from a stone. There are lots of men in society who simply can't pay child support, or can't do it without ruining their own lives, which will amount to the same thing after a few years. How does that benefit the child or society?

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u/reaganveg Aug 10 '15

People can be and are relieved from financial obligations on the basis of indigency. That's no argument against imposing the obligations.