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    Jun 17, 2009, 10:38 PM
    A fathers rights to an unborn child?
    Does a father have the right to know if the mother is going to have an abortion?
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    Jun 18, 2009, 05:37 AM

    This is a legal issue, not a health issue. Its also a thorny legal question. Essentially a father has little or no rights until the child is born.
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    Jun 18, 2009, 07:40 AM

    While the rights to the child are in question, an abortion is a medical issue for the mother, which the father has no right to know about, have a say in or be a part of.
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    Jun 18, 2009, 11:27 PM

    Thanks for all the help. I have a friend that got a girl pregnet and she decided to just up and leave and now she won't talk to him. Her daughter told my friend her mom was getting rid of the baby. My friend just wants to know what she is really going to do.
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    Jun 19, 2009, 04:52 AM

    Nope---absolutely no right to know.

    HOWEVER--if your friend lives in a state with a putative father registry, he should get on that registry so that if she DOES give birth, he knows--even if she isn't talking to him.
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    Jun 19, 2009, 08:20 AM

    We are in California. How would he find out if there is one of those here?
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    Jun 19, 2009, 08:48 AM

    California Adoption Laws, Page 5

    California does not have a PFR. However, he should talk to his local social services office (or a family law lawyer!) about who to contact about establishing his rights if she DOES give birth
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    Jun 19, 2009, 10:14 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by mcoots View Post
    Does a father have the right to know if the mother is going to have an abortion?
    I'd rather doubt it. It's her choice, her body and her medical records, which are private.
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    Jun 19, 2009, 10:18 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Synnen View Post
    California Adoption Laws, Page 5

    California does not have a PFR. However, he should talk to his local social services office (or a family law lawyer!) about who to contact about establishing his rights if she DOES give birth
    He can actually file to establish himself as father and for custody right now, before the child is born. The court can make orders now, but they would, of course, be contingent on the child actually being born and would be effective only at the birth of the child. Naturally the mom cannot be enjoined from having an abortion, or leaving the state and giving birth elsewhere.
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    Jun 19, 2009, 11:30 PM

    Well thanks for all the help.
    I will let him know :(
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