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Subject: Re: Re: Food for Thought
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Date: Mon, 26-Mar-84 14:42:24 EST
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From: ...utzoo!laura (Laura Creighton)

> Sophie,
> the argument about the fater is as follows. Suppose I get pregnant. I
> don't want the child and decide to have an abortion. My boyfriend, 
> however, wants me to have the child -- it will be *his* child as well
> as mine and he wants it. Does he have any rights? If not, why not?

He does, but he doesn't own your body (Yes it comes down to that!).  He
has the right to put himself through child-raising, but he has no right
to make you go through that as well, nor the birth.  He just wound up
on the wrong side of the pregnancy to have the child, which is man's
position in life.  We gave up our rights to children with out a partner's
help, and so if you don't want to offer your help to your boyfriend, he'll
have to make do or find someone else who will.  Just because he is the father
does not mean he has any more right than someone else to make you have the
baby.  It's partially his, but it's in your trust, in your control.  You
should be able to do with it as you with.

				   Kenn the Kenf
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