any man who does not wish to father a child and has doubts as to his partner's honesty should use appropriate birth control i.e. condoms. It's as simple as that!

Well put. There have been some real lulus of stories from men about just how their precious sperm was stolen and where it was kept before it could be put into the turkey baster!

It is not always as simple as using appropriate 'birth control'. A neighbour of mine was taken advantage of by his wife. For years they had been in discussions about divorce - she knew that he wanted out and was doing everything in her power to prevent this. In fact they were living at separate addresses. After a hard night of partying at a work event, the man was dropped back to the family home by mistake. He fell asleep on the sofa and in the morning she saw an opportunity and took it. She realised/told him she was pregnant only when it was 'too late' to have a termination. He agreed to stick around until the baby was born. She thought that her husband would change his mind about the divorce after the baby was born. He did not. He is now saddled with giving this child love and emotional support and paying maintenance. Of course, the mother's cynical calculation is not the child's fault and this man intends to be the best father possible - but what about his 'sperm' rights? The law should recognize this.

Does Dana suggest that if a woman becomes pregnant after a consesual heated night, needs to abort, if the male partner does not find the concequences of his /their act worth to take responsability ?? I don't get how can a male change facts a posteriori

Suppose he donated sperm and changed his mind?

one thing is for sure, men DO have rights to cars at http://www.CarPartMaps.com

If a man has the right to withdraw the use of his sperm for procreation, then he should certainly have the right to keep the creation of his sperm from being destroyed through abortion! No more radical feminist bull---- "This is MY body and I can do what I want with it!"

To a spmplistic point of view... a simplistic answer "No Kidding Sherlock"

So you'd say if a man doesn't want the child, he can demand she abort it? Get real. No, the woman has a right to her body and to make that decision. The man has no right to force not to abort, just as he has no right to force an abortion. However, there should be another option. If a man doesn't want the child, he should be able to, at any point up to birth, to file a formal document stating he wants no rights to the child. That also removes any responsibilities such as child support. If the woman does not give him the option, or even tell him she's pregnant, he should have six months after first finding out he has a child to make the same decision. If you want a child, find someone who agrees. However, if you don't, it shouldn't be forced upon you, regardless of if you're male or female.

There are cases where a woman who has been on birth-control for years decides to get pregnant without consulting her partner, or who simply lies about it up-front. To my mind the first case is a breach of an unspoken, mutually understood contract, while the second amounts to fraud. But there is no way for the man to prove it. There is immense trust involved in intimacy and it is just as possible for a woman to abuse that trust as a man. Its also possible for her to trick him into unwanted reproduction by abusing the trust of an established relationship. Sperm donations are another possibility, of course.

I am tired of listening pseudofeminists to speak about the rights of the sperm producer. For centuries, men have lied to women, convinced them to have sex, and when their period was not appearing, two weeks after" they could not remember" their love promeses. If one man does not feel ready for parenthood should restrain from having sex. Abortion is a right ONLY for the one that undergoes the pregnancy with all its discomfort, pain, and sometimes health problems derived from it. I have seen tow much progresist women ( 4) that came to cry on my conservative shoulder the depression that they got after two losses: the child that they wanted and the man that even if they sacrified the child for him, disappeared from their emotional lives. to Oren, the history of your frind, is pathetic, and impossible to believe. He gets on the wrong house, the wrong sofa, the night that she was fertile ( wrong night, I guess). She took the opportunity... Forgive me, I am sure that if he had been married to her he was not a minor. She did not rape him, for sure. He took his chances, bet and lost! Now, he is sad because "he must love" the baby (????) and.... the tough point, pay for maintenance. Oren, you are a wonderful naive person. And your friend is using your naivete. All you: please wake up. This sperm rigths is easy to avoid: no sex no problem . Sex is only for grown-ups.

When you finish thrashing your straw man and address the simple issue that when a woman lies to a man about whether or not she is on birth control in order to gain a child and support for that child she is perpetrating an untenable act of fraud then you'll have something to preach about. Sex may be for grown-ups, but honesty, fair-play, and upholding the rights of all parties involved is for the righteous. You can be an adult without being upright - as your refusal to address the issue at hand so aptly demonstrates.

It is fair enough that a man owns his sperm and should not be tricked by a women. But - the article seems to suggest that a man can relinquish responsibility at any point. Exactly where would the cut off be? If he changes his mind after 6 months, 6 years, he can say 'This child has nothing to do with me, I now exercise my right to say 'no''? Too many men claim they were tricked, when the reality is they simply later decided they did not want to live up to the commitment they created in the heat of the moment. Whether the woman is meant to be on birth control or not - the man should take responsibility for his own life and body.