[em-bee]

I'm curious if you apply the same argument when the mother wants a child and the father does not. What should happen to the child in that situation?

if it was consensual then the case is the same. both parents are responsible for the child they conceived. there is no option to change their mind later.

but if the father was raped, it gets more tricky. i haven't thought this through, but effectively the burden of whatever choice is made is carried by the mother, which means, if there is doubt then the mother should be allowed to keep the child because we should choose what has the least negative consequences for everyone involved.

but if the father can prove that he was raped then the mother should loose the right to her child.

the only remaining challenge is if the father was raped but neither wants the child. based on the above, abortion should not be allowed because the mother consented to get pregnant.

the mother could of course claim that she was raped, but assuming she doesn't, then what? i don't know...