Topic : 07/06 Baby Wars

Having a child is a chance you take when you have sex.  Plain and simple.   

As a woman, and a mother, and even a grandmother I feel I have some rights to speak out.  

I believe BOTH parties involved should have the same rights of  choice in the matter of children.  

For far too long I have heard the grief about woman taking all the responsibility.  

If a young man states his intentions clearly as this young man did- his choice should be respected no matter whether a conception is made or not.  

It should be pointed out that if the young man wanted to raise this child in his own home and chose to fight for custody of the baby- he would have a battle on his hands. The courts will excersize the woman's rights to keep the child every time.  

Let this young man have a choice about whether he will pay for next 18 years each month for someone who HAD  a choice to raise a child. I don't think it's right- if the young woman wanted this baby knowing he did not and did not want to pay- and she made the choice to keep the baby- then SHE takes full responsibility for it's upbringing. She can work and support that child quite the same as a majority of young woman in America do.  

Many women either can't or don't want to have children - so based on your statement they should not have the same rights as you because they haven't  squeezed out a child. Equal Rights means having the same legal rights regardless of anatomy. Additionally, a number of people are born with 2 X chromosomes and a Y (XXY) should these people not have rights in our society because of this mixed "sex chromosome" arrangement?