I, as a man, expect to be downvoted for this, but I'd like your take on this. Obviously, you made a decision based on your situation at the time. Would you for a second tell me how you would feel if you were the guy? Imagine, having a one night stand or short fling with a woman and her getting pregnant. Both parties tried to prevent it, she was on the pill, I used a condom. Now she's pregnant and wanting to keep the child. All because of her beliefs. That's fine, keep it, I was not in a position to raise a child. So, I was against it or wanting to put it up for adoption.
Now, the woman didn't have a job, was 5 years younger then me (I was like 25, she was 20) and lived with her mother. She already had one kid (found this out after our fling) that her mother was basically raising. I offered to pay for the abortion. She refused.
So, here we are years later, I love my kid and I've been through hell in raising her as I have sole custody of her now. I still think that it would have been better not to have the child then. I wanted kids, but only once I could provide for them.
So, my question to you, do men deserve the right to make that decision? It seems fair to me, it takes two to make a baby and to raise one. I say this because I'm now raising my kid on my own. With no help and only drama and bullshit the one or two times a year the mother calls or something.
I think that once the woman is pregnant, she should tell the doctors who the father is. Then he should be able to opt in or out. Forcing a man to care for/pay for a child for 18+ years that he didn't want seems like bullshit to me. The woman has a choice, the man deserves that same choice. Whatever that choice is.
I say this because all those protesters aren't going to do shit for that child for 18 years. To many kids suffer because of poor decisions made by women to keep a baby they aren't ready for or don't want. To many men are forced into a situation where they are forced to provide for a kid they didn't want.
This needs to change. I respect the OP for her choices and wish more people had her views. Down vote me if you want, I really don't care.