Up until recently, I leaned against the male right to a paper abortion out of a concern for how it could be abused. Having given it more thought, I suppose it could be a good idea under certain conditions to make abuse more difficult.

I present the following as a hypothetical model.

Here in Canada, I can legally consent to sex starting at the age of sixteen and, biologically, most boys can impregnate a woman once they reach the age of twelve.

Add to that that female sexual abuse of boys and men is far more common than is generally acknowledged:

https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2014/03/coerced-sex

So imagine a Right-to-Self-Exclusion Act that would allow me to apply for a free passport starting at the age of fifteen along with access to a free online passport account.

Starting at the age of fifteen, I could sign into my passport account to self-exclude, for five years autorenewable, from the freedom to give my consent to fornication under threat of a heavy fine that doubles for each repetition of the offence. I'd be locked in to the five-year self-exclusion period but could opt out of the autorenew at any time.

However, the Right-to-Self-Exclusion Act would grant the following benefits to any man who chooses to self-exclude:

  1. The freedom to obtain a paper abortion.

  2. Making it an offence, punishable by a heavy fine that doubles for each repetition of the offense, for any person to encourage, beyond merely giving her enthusiastic consent to, a self-excluded man to give his consent to fornication, as that would constitute incitement to commit a self-exclusion offense.

If a woman want to encourage, beyond merely giving her enthusiastic consent to, a man to give his consent to fornication, the onus would be on her to confirm his status. He could confirm his status to her by simply signing into his online passport account to send her an official email confirming his status.

  1. Protection from rape-shield laws and a right to an inquisitorial hearing on request.

  2. Since it would be linked to his passport, he might even enjoy this right abroad too depending on international agreements.

Since incitement to commit a self-exclusion offense would be much easier to prove than sexual assault, it would therefore provide a more effective deterrent against it.

While the above would grant a man a right to a paper abortion, it would also provide more effective deterrents against him raping a woman and against a woman sexually assaulting him.