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Originally Posted by GGG
I have a few issues with your arguement, firts there is no child only a fetus who will become a child so you aren't denying any child rights when the agreement is made.
So if you go back to the surgacy contracts the genetic parents make a contract with the birth mother for the brith mother to give up the parental rights of the child. This all occurs prior to the birth of the child and without the childs consent. And after the child is born the surrogate has no parental rights.
In an adoption both genetic parents give up their parental rights to the child (with a window to take them back).
Really the only case where parental rights can't be abdicated is if after a child is born and the two parties disagree on how to handle the situation then neither party can abdicate parental responsibilty.
So to your above statement the child is not party to any of the above contracts and the above contracts don't consider what is in the best interests of the child.
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Except that once that fetus is born it is a child with rights, and as such needs to be taken care of. It is not society's responsibility to provide for a child that has been conceived by two consenting adults. Whether the mother is making a poor decision is irrelevant to the welfare of the child. Is it fair to the father? Probably not, but it's not like the father is without his fair share of poor decison-making during the conception process.