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Let's look at this from a flipped point of view.
An acquintance of mine had a child out of wedlock 4 years ago. He is married now, to a different woman, and has two "legitimate kids". His beef is that he didn't want the child, and therefore, her mother should have been willing to abort the child coz he didn't want it. Well, she wanted, and had the child, which angers him to this day.
I believe she had a right to keep it. Why? Because here is a biological truth: when you roll with a woman, you enter an unofficial contract. You just MIGHT have child. So, in my belief, if she decided to keep it, the man has to live with it.
Thus, for the same reasons, I would like to see that a man has rights in terms of keeping a child. However, I don't think this is going to be an equitable issue, since women are the ones who actually carry the child. Thus, men have to know who they sleep with. That is the only way touchy issues like this can be avoided.
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