Comments on: When the System Fails Biological Fathers http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/when-the-system-fails-biological-fathers A blog for and about parents who have placed a child for adoption. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:02:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Faith Allen http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/when-the-system-fails-biological-fathers/comment-page-1#comment-692 Faith Allen Wed, 16 May 2007 03:02:19 +0000 http://birth-first.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/05/15/when-the-system-fails-biological-fathers#comment-692 These are the kinds of concerns I have for my son when he is older and starts dating. A man's rights are limited when he gets a woman pregnant if he is not married to her, and that is a shame because it is his child, too. No, the child is not growing in his body, but the child is still HIS child. <br /> <br /> Society has a bias toward mothers and against fathers. While the stereotypes might be true in some cases, there are many men who make GREAT dads, even when the child was a surprise. Those fathers deserve the opportunity to have a say in who raises their children, especially in cases when the mother has lied about the pregnancy.<br /> <br /> - Faith These are the kinds of concerns I have for my son when he is older and starts dating. A man’s rights are limited when he gets a woman pregnant if he is not married to her, and that is a shame because it is his child, too. No, the child is not growing in his body, but the child is still HIS child.

Society has a bias toward mothers and against fathers. While the stereotypes might be true in some cases, there are many men who make GREAT dads, even when the child was a surprise. Those fathers deserve the opportunity to have a say in who raises their children, especially in cases when the mother has lied about the pregnancy.

- Faith

]]> By: Jan Baker http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/when-the-system-fails-biological-fathers/comment-page-1#comment-691 Jan Baker Wed, 16 May 2007 02:42:45 +0000 http://birth-first.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/05/15/when-the-system-fails-biological-fathers#comment-691 Thanks for a good post, Jenna. Stories about birth fathers getting their rights trampled on are becoming more common, and it is a shame. Thanks for a good post, Jenna. Stories about birth fathers getting their rights trampled on are becoming more common, and it is a shame.

]]> By: John http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/when-the-system-fails-biological-fathers/comment-page-1#comment-690 John Tue, 15 May 2007 23:10:50 +0000 http://birth-first.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/05/15/when-the-system-fails-biological-fathers#comment-690 Great post. Some states are scary in their orientation, Utah is different in many ways. Hope that some kind of fairness prevails. Great post. Some states are scary in their orientation, Utah is different in many ways. Hope that some kind of fairness prevails.

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