In most parts of the western world, women have full reproductive rights, but the father has no say, if she aborts the fetus and the father wants the baby then too bad for the father and baby, if he doesn't want kids and she decides to keep the baby then he is forced to pay child support or else he is put in prison.
Some of u might think that the father should be allowed to have a say and this can be settled in court.
Others believe that women should decide what to do with the fetus, but the father doesn't have to pay child support.
I personally, prefer the latter, as a libertarian I want to keep the government out of people's wallets as well as their bedrooms, I would like to have lower taxes relying on the sales tax and abolish the rest of the taxes, child support is taxation and the father is forced to pay up. I wouldn't have a problem with child support if it were voluntary.
Edit: By voluntary, I mean keeping the government out of it meaning no contracts.
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Well, it's obvious. Parenthood should be based on consent. If someone does not consent to parenthood, then they should be absolved of responsibility.
Sex is not consent of parenthood. This is proven because abortions are allowed. Otherwise, if sex is consent of parenthood, it would logically follow that the woman who received an abortion, without the consent of the man, would owe damages to the man for breach of contract.
But, as we can see, sex by itself does not constitute any contract between the parties thus no damages are paid. As a result, the man should not be responsible for any child that he did not agree to.
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