2018
DOI: 10.1080/20502877.2018.1472853
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Elective Abandonment: A Male Counterpart to Abortion

Abstract: Two of the most influential arguments in favour of the permissibility of abortion were put forward in the latter half of the twentieth century by Judith Jarvis Thomson and Mary Anne Warren. The implications of these arguments for unwilling putative fathers have largely not been considered. Some have argued that Thomson's defence of abortion might allow a man under certain circumstances to terminate his parental responsibilities and rights. To my knowledge, nobody has considered the implications of Warren's arg… Show more

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“…Presumably the care of these children would be done through a mixture of adoptive parenting, foster homes and care homes, but, needless to say, the fi nancial cost to society would be large. This fi nancial problem would be 36 Brake (2005); McCulley (1998); Playford (2018); Sheldon (2003). 37 We say 'in principle' because men (who in the UK represent 93% of parents paying child support) do often avoid paying it.…”
Section: Impact On Societymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Presumably the care of these children would be done through a mixture of adoptive parenting, foster homes and care homes, but, needless to say, the fi nancial cost to society would be large. This fi nancial problem would be 36 Brake (2005); McCulley (1998); Playford (2018); Sheldon (2003). 37 We say 'in principle' because men (who in the UK represent 93% of parents paying child support) do often avoid paying it.…”
Section: Impact On Societymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…39 Playford (2018). 40 See Brake (2005), Playford (2018) and Sheldon (2003) for a direct application of Thomson's argument to men, and also McCulley (1998) and Cohen (2008) for a legal discussion of this issue. 41 There are, of course, motherhood specifi c defences of abortion.…”
Section: Impact On Societymentioning
confidence: 99%