Just how many children would be put up for adoption?
If the father's had the same rights as the mother. If the fathers were able to decide that he wanted his child. The birth mothers would have to pay child support. I know the adoption agency use this if the mother say I see if the father wants to raise the child. In my son case they had the mother sign 2 papers one saying she didn't know who the father was and the other saying my son was the father. They also told her not to name the baby or put the father's name down, Just how many mother would still have their child if they thought that they would have to take responsibility of their child
Dreamweaver back for more2009-01-16T06:41:40Z
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I'll get bumped for this, but I think this is a pretty valid question. There are a lot of fathers out there that would love to have their children. Would the mother still give up her rights? Possibly because to sign away your rights means no child support needs to be paid. I just don't know.
Would it have made a difference to me? Yeah, maybe. That was so long ago (22 years) that I'm not sure
If both mother and father had the same rights (once the child was born) there would be infinetly more custody battles. Normally if the mother wants to keep the child she can without question. But if both parents have the same rights and the father wants the kid they will have to duke it out in court. As for instances where the father wants the child and the mother doesn't. First off, that situation is more rare. Most often the mother wants it or neither parent wants it. But in the causes where the father wants it and the mother doesn't if the mother actually decides to go through with the pregnancy she will often sign over rights to the father. Because of that I think the number of children put up for adoption would not change by much in either direction.
In most states, the fathers cannot be named on the birth certificate unless they have acknowledged paternity legally with some sort of Acknowledgment of Paternity Form filled out and submitted to the County Clerk's office or some state office. That doesn't happen a lot in most states. I worked in a County Clerk's office in Texas, and attended a seminar about this issue, it is such a huge thing. The state strongly encourages the fathers to step up, but they, for the most part, don't. Often it is their mothers that stop them! They don't want them to be on the hook for support. (More women attacking women...just noticed that)
Fathers historically have not been overly interested. There are mechanisms in place and they should be more encouraged, and Yes, I absolutely believe that men's rights should be equal t the mothers. However, it will have to be the men themselves who demand these rights and except for a handful of them I don't see them doing so. They are conspicuous in their absence.
Your son sounds like a caring man, but the truth is that most men do not support their pregnant women leaving them alone and with child. Much adoption is truly the result of uninterested men who got their "needs met" and are off finding another.