[Hodar]

Then if the female is the ultimate decision maker because she is the one carrying the child, then SHE is the one who is ultimately responsible for getting pregnant in the first place and therefore the male should not have any obligation to support the child hereafter.

In my perfect world, yes you are correct. The male has the choice of having sex; his decision making process ends at the point of orgasm.

1.) The female decides whether she wants to carry the fetus to term (Male opinion has no weight).
2.) Female decides whether to inform the male if he is the father, or keep it secret (Male has no legal recourse)
3.) Female may give child up for adoption, or raise child herself (if male is informed of fatherhood, he may have a legal voice; there is no legal requirement for his acquiecence in the adoption process).
4.) Mother may decide to move away and raise child on her own, without male input.
5.) Female may decide to demand child support from father, and deny visititation rights. She is free to move about the country with the child, at will. The father has no legal recourse.
6.) Female may chose to demand back-child support from the father for up to 18 years after the birth of the child (without regard to father's input into his child).
7.) If FRAUD has been committed (male paying child support is not the biological father), the male may not sue the woman for FRAUD.

This is a very unfair system we currently have. The woman gets to make 100% of the decisions, yet assume no more than a portion of the responsibility for those decisions.

[CSM]

Well said. Seems we are on the same side of this one.