Why is C) Marrying her — not on the list?
Was this purely “recreational” sex that resulted in the conception of a child? Does he despise the woman so much he’d never think of marrying her and raising the child with her?
Was this purely “recreational” sex that resulted in the conception of a child? Does he despise the woman so much he’d never think of marrying her and raising the child with her?
You're kidding right!? What kind of crazy person marries someone they don't love and may barely know from a one night stand? Yes, by all means the father or mother, depending on whom the child lives with, should pay child support and if possible; be in the childs life if they can but marriage just because of a baby!!? No way. That kind of loveless marriage would be terrible for the parents and all children involved. They might as well just be house mates living in different bedrooms having separate lives outside the home seeing other people. It makes no sense at all.
Just my humble opinion.
Because it doesn't matter if he's married to her. A wife can choose to abort her child, and the husband, under US law, has absolutely no say in the matter.
A wife can put their baby up for adoption, with the husband only getting the baby back after a long legal battle, and with no consequences for the wife.
A wife can decide she doesn't want to take care of the kids, file for divorce, and give the husband a choice of taking custody, or her asking for financially-crippling child support payments. And if she uses those child-support payments for partying instead of the kids, he has no say.