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If the technology can be made identical to the risk of an abortion, its questionable if a choice will be given. What would the moral argument be?

Currently the moral argument is that since women bear the risk of pregnancy, they should also have the exclusive right to decide to continue or abort. Once the child is born however the right to parents is given to the child, and thus neither the mother or father can refuse responsibility. At minimum they would both be paying child support.

If the technology would remove the risk aspect, it would give the father an equal stand in the matter, and one could imagine a future where a child would be brought forth as long as one of the parents wanted the child.



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