No.
None.
What if it was the other way around, and the father wanted her to get an abortion? Should he have any say?
Why is he just willing to pay?? If this is his girlfriend did he consider offering marriage and a stable family for the baby??
If a man is concerned about the possibility of his child being aborted, he shouldn’t impregnate any woman he doesn’t know well enough to be confident how she would handle it. He has no say at all, legally.
Sorry, he’s screwed.
Is this scrappleface or the onion?
He has no rights in this matter.
But of course, these things should be dicussed during foreplay, if not before.
Nope. And it's a damned travesty.
He might want to sue her in civil court for breach of contract.
No
Shouldn’t his wants and actions be considered in a court of law?
Yes, but it won't happen.
Perhaps, potential "fathers" might consider first courting their brides-to-be, then getting engaged, later married and lastly, planning their family out of desire to be a parent, not merely a sperm donor.
Unfortunately, in today's world, even that would not give the "father rights" as the NOW, NARAL, PRO-ABORTION crowd, do not believe that fathers have any rights at all only the mother-to-be, or should I say "fetus-expectant woman."
Has he tried asking her to marry him?
If anyone could help you, it would be these people.
http://www.pregnancycenters.org/contact.html
Good luck. This happened to my own son. I pray for the mother’s soul every day.
Is he old enough to marry?
And the flip side is that, if he didn’t want the child, she could force him to pay and pay for 18 years.
Men have no reproductive rights once they drop trou. Sad but true.
Define "anything".
He has no power but the power of prayer and persuasion. Many will pray for your friend's baby as a result of this thread.
If possible, perhaps the woman can be persuaded to visit a Pregnancy Care Center for counseling to consider the alternatives of marriage or adoption.
Your friend has made a dreadful mistake that may very well end in the sacrifice of his child to the modern death cult.
IN a word, no.
The woman has an absolute “right” to decide what to do, so his only hope is to persuade her. The courts will do nothing.
He could consider marrying her if she would agree to keep the baby. He could pay for her to have the baby and then get it adopted. But in either case, she would have to agree to cooperate. And she could change her mind any time she wanted. I doubt if there is any way to enforce this with a contract.
He probably should have thought about this before he slept with her.
I’m not sure being a sperm donor confers any legal or moral rights to him yet. But I also hate that “we are pregnant” thing some guys say. I loved my husband. I loved the unborn baby I was carrying. But “we” were never pregnant. I was.
I’m against abortion and it should be severely restricted. But even more against someone infringing on my rights. What’s next, the “father” forcing a pregnant mom to take her pre-natal vitamins or drink milk or have certain procedures?
I’m sorry for the fellow in this situation. I’m sorry that knowing someone is willing to take this baby (I’m assuming he is willing to do that if he doesn’t want her to have an abortion) doesn’t dissuade this woman and more women in this same situation.
It always bothers me that a shortage of adoptable babies and
a demand for abortion co-exist.