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Originally Posted by rubecube
Of course it's not equal but, as Rathji said, you can't punish a child for the decisions of the mother. If you want to take a utilitarian angle to it, I'm sure you'd agree that children who grow up in a more financially stable environment tend to create less of a burden on society as a whole.
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But these decisions are all made when the child is not a child but a fetus. The decision to abdicate parental rights is made to a fetus and not a child. After the abdicaton of rights what the mother does with the fetus is her decision. So you are not punishing a child for the decisions of the mother anymore than you are punishing a child when a fetus is aborted. I agree though that likely this isn't in the best interests of society.