Dude! I couldn't agree with you more!
I've always felt this way! And what pisses me off even more is how blatantly unfair the system is with regards to men's rights to custody, and even worse the limited options single men that want to be parents face! It's completely possible for a single mother to decide "well I want to have a child now" and she'll damn well have it (which is awesome of course), but a single man can't just up and decide "well I want to have a child now"
I'm a rabid feminist, but I'm also a rabid "masculinist" and the God's honest truth is that men face a hell of a lot of discrimination in society and none more prevalent than where children are concerned!
Just why should the woman have the final say, Conner?
And, Snowy, I do not enter into that kind of contractual arrangement with women. I mean I don't anyway since I don't sleep with them, but if I did it would be with the understanding that any life created is our equal responsibility and privilege. I'm not "giving" her my sperm, I'm making an investment, and if that investment proves fruitful I damn well want my share!
Anyway, I won't even go into my opinions about abortion (which are probably more or less in line with yours perhaps a bit more pro-choice), but regardless of what abortion's ultimate fate will be the only fair circumstance is one in which both parties are a part of the decision making process.
-Kevin