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CMV: If a woman has a unilateral right over deciding if she wants to abort or not, a man should not be forced to pay child support if he doesn't want a child.

A strong argument can be made that no one else should have a say over a woman's choice to get an abortion or not. But that considered, then if a woman decides to keep a child against the wishes of the father, then the father should not be forced to financially support that decision.

1. A common argument i hear is, if a man is given a say over a woman's right to choose, then he has rights over her. Thats an argument i completely agree with. But a lot of people (at least in my circles) disagree with this argument when applied in reverse. If a woman decides to keep a child against the wishes of the father, then doesn't she have a right over him, if he is forced to support her choice financially?
2. Abortion gives women the ability to opt out of parentage. But any ability to opt out of parentage for men is completely in the hands of the mother. This isn't equal treatment of the sexes.

Caveat:- The ability for men to opt out of parentage should only be available as long as a women is legally allowed to abort a child, i.e, a man cant deny a child once its born or its too late to abort.

EDIT:- I quite foolishly assumed the following information was a given. I am making this argument from the context that conception has already taken place (accidentally), due to unforeseen circumstances, such as a condom break.
gpt
Child support is not for the woman, child support is for the child.

He is only forced to support his choice financially- if the child exists, it has a right to financial support from both its biological parents. If the child exists it exists because of the choices and actions of BOTH it's biological parents and BOTH of it's biological parents are held legally, financially responsible for it.

Child support is not for the mother or her choices. It's for the child due to the choices of both the parents, and is a duty of both the parents.

Edited to add:

>But any ability to opt out of parentage for men is completely in the hands of the mother.

Vasectomies, withdrawal, making sure to use a condom, discussing things with the woman before having sex, not having sex with people you don't trust, etc. are all in the hands of the mother?