Until this comes out of a man's body...

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79. I'm not arguing, but I don't see it as so cut and dried.

I'm saying the father should, of course, have input in the matter; he should certainly be able to voice whether he wants to be a father or not, but I agree that the final say belongs to the woman who must determine whether to carry a pregnancy to term and support a child for 18-25 years thereafter. If you want to cut it off at "ejaculation" then that kind of cuts off the voice of half of the people responsible for a potential life. Not every man is looking to cut and run. If a woman wants to ignore everything the guy says...well...I guess that's her choice, but I was speaking more in the context of "A bunch of 65-year-old male senators don't get a say -why should a group of men have any say - my response is the only male who *might possibly* have a legitimate "say" on a pregnancy is the father.

I'm sure you can envision a situation where a young couple is being careful, doing what they're supposed to, and a condom breaks. That sort of complicates "the man's choice ends at ejaculation" because they *both* were not planning to conceive.

Saying "a potential father's choice ends at ejaculation" is about as insensitive as saying "a potential wife's life choices stop mattering when the ring is on her finger".