slant:
I considered your premise and here is what I came up with:
she:
does not want
he:
does not want
- she may choose to abort with each parent 50% responsible for costs
- she may choose to put up for adoption with each parent equally sharing costs and benefits (if any)
- she may choose to legally abandon
- each parent 50% responsible for medical costs during term and for delivery
she:
wants
he:
does not want
- he may choose to pay support
- he may choose to end any legal relationship with the child and hence not pay support
- in either case each parent 50% responsible for medical costs during term and for delivery
she:
does not want
he:
wants
- if she agrees to carry the child to term he assumes custody when the child is born
- he may choose to put up for adoption with each parent equally sharing costs and benefits (if any)
- he may choose to legally abandon
- she may choose to pay support
- she may choose to end any legal relationship with the child and hence not pay support
- each parent 50% responsible for medical costs during term and for delivery
she:
wants
he:
wants
- each has equal custody and equal financial responsibility in all aspects
That all said, these imagined scenarios are based on a premise which I consider invalid, namely, as it regards the act of sex:
- consent can be made after the sexual act itself.
I think and feel that the act of consenting to engage in sex with another is consent to accept the consequences of such a choice, regardless whether those consequences would later be judged blessing or curse.
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My answers above do not reflect my values. I value mutual consent in sex as part of Natural Family Planning, and do not value birth control; I value the right to life of unborn children in all cases, without exception, and for my own person (and my own person only), I consider the pursuit of sexual pleasure exclusive of the consequences of conception to be immoral.
Namaste,
Ian