I will say that those arguments are precisely ones Men's Rights Activists use to try to avoid child support payments and to have more control over the women upon whom they've fathered a child.
The man doesn't want to be a father, doesn't want anything to do with the kid, but because it's the woman's body, it's her choice to keep it if she wants, and he's stuck with it. In their case, they want to be able to write off all rights/responsibilities/connection to the kid because they didn't want it. Judges usually throw this argument out of court on the lines of (a) if he didn't want it that badly, he shouldn't've given her sole responsibility for contraception, and (b) ruling on what's in the best interests of the child.
[Not agreeing nor disagreeing, and I don't follow the MRA/Fathers' Rights movements as much as some, but it's something I've heard.]
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Date: 2006-01-31 11:59 pm (UTC)The man doesn't want to be a father, doesn't want anything to do with the kid, but because it's the woman's body, it's her choice to keep it if she wants, and he's stuck with it.
In their case, they want to be able to write off all rights/responsibilities/connection to the kid because they didn't want it. Judges usually throw this argument out of court on the lines of (a) if he didn't want it that badly, he shouldn't've given her sole responsibility for contraception, and (b) ruling on what's in the best interests of the child.
[Not agreeing nor disagreeing, and I don't follow the MRA/Fathers' Rights movements as much as some, but it's something I've heard.]