So, what's the decision? Does the women get to make the choice because it's her body or is it the man's decision because it was discussed prior to the pregnancy?

The National Center for Men director, Mel Feit, argues persuasively in Elle that "reproductive choice isn't a fundamental right if it's only limited to people who have internal reproductive systems."

This topic is always a sensitive one. There are many paternity tests and child support custody battles to go around, but like Salon.com I agree, Feit can't argue the Equal Protection Clause, seeing as men do not have to bare the burden of holding the child for 9 months or have to make to bare the agony of childbirth or abortion. Women have been fighting for years to make sure men are taking full responsibilty for the children that they help create, but as you can see many single households are held by single moms who have little to no support from their male counterpart. I'm not saying all fathers are deadbeats, but given the statistics and my experience with my mom being a single mother, men don't have the best track record to make decisions,especially when it comes to a women's body.

According to Salon.com, "Approximately 84 percent of children in single-parent families are being raised by mothers, it doesn’t look like there's an epidemic of reluctant fathers being dragged into the role of patriarch.

Salon.com talked to Mr. Feit about his girlfriend's decision to keep the baby when they discussed her having an abortion, and this is what he had to say:

Speaking to Salon.com Wednesday, Feit said,

"She has to make the ultimate decision, but he has a moral right to input," adding that, "When a man and woman have discussed what they want and have an agreement, I do not think she has a right to impose her change of mind."

If it's her body, why can't she have the right to change her mind. So, the question is, Does the women have the right to change her mind? According to Salon.com, "The story's writer, Stephanie Fairyington, told us Wednesday,

"Men basically have no rights on this. I wanted to explore the irony of feminists making biological claims to justify denying men equal reproductive rights." So if we'd be outraged at the notion of a woman being forced to have an unwanted child, if we wouldn't stand for a moralizing, "You knew what you were getting into when you had sex," how do we respond when those arguments are applied to a man? If we would never hold a woman who put a baby up for adoption subsequently accountable to that offspring, what expectation should there be for a man who opts out? As Bruell says in the Elle story, "I don't want to be forced to take responsibility for something that I was deceived into becoming a part of.”

When discussing how they are working it out. Each of them responded that they are trying to work together for the baby's sake and they feel that is "inspiring". Situations like this are never easy. My father left my mom and I when I was a little girl, and my mom made me feel nutured and supported and that was all that mattered to me. There are children born every day who do not have both parents, there maybe one parent who is not financially or emotionally supportive, but that does not mean the child will grow up without feeling adequately loved and supported, it just means one parent has to give more.

I agree. There are numerous people in the world who probably shouldn't have produced, but life is interesting and things happen for a reason. What we can conclude is that bad parenting happens in our world, and many shrinks and financial woes have hit families due to that fact, but far more than those of parents who were absent. If you know otherwise hit me with the facts!

According to Salon.com, "Marcelle Karp says, "If the biological father is in any way in the child's life, the mother has every right to go to family court and demand child support. But if he has 'left the building,' then honestly, he's doing the mother and the child a favor. No kid wants a fake dad around and no woman needs a man to flake on her kid." And in among the incredibly complex, deeply emotional rhetoric of rights and responsibilities, maybe the simplest and most ethical rule of thumb for both women and men is the motivation Stephanie Fairyington had in the first place: "It seems fundamentally unfair to impose a major life decision on someone who's made it clear they didn't want it."

So, what are your thoughts? What do you think about the story?