 | | 08-05-2008, 05:57 PM |
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| Quote: | If it takes two people to make the child, it should be up to both people to decide what happens to the child | Well, it does take two people to make a child, but in a one night stand, the father may not have any involvement with that child's life but the mother is at least responsible for that child's life for nine months, which in my opinion gives her a little bit more legitimacy in deciding what to do. In some cases the father may not even know he had a child, but if the mother doesn't think she can take care of the child then it should be her right to put the child up for adoption if she wants to.
I think it's sad that a lot of fathers aren't given the chance to be involved in their child's life and I think that the father should have the ability to petition for rights to custody. I know my boyfriend is a single father with full custody and he loves his son and he was really lucky to get custody in his divorce, but a lot of fathers don't get that chance. I think courts should give more rights to fathers, or at least make it easier for fathers to gain custody if they can prove that they want to raise their child and they have the ability to do so in cases like this, when the mother wants to put the child up for adoption. |
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