Unlike the female, he has no escape route (4).In a 1996 article "Abortion and Fathers' Rights,"[12] philosopher Steven Hales made an argument that presupposes the following assertions: Hales contends that the conjunction of these three principles is prima facie inconsistent and that this inconsistency should be eradicated by firstly acknowledging that men have no absolute duty to provide material support for their children, and secondly by admitting that fathers have the right of refusal.
Deveny also condemns the antiquated notion of "men [being] obligated to provide for women", which she considers to be reminiscent of "oppressive heteronormative values [that] belong in the 1950s".
[16][17] Critics say that men should use birth control (either contraception or sterilization) or practice abstinence if they want to avoid the financial and personal responsibilities of fatherhood.
[18][19] This stance does not account for those men who conceive a child even after taking reasonable precautions, or involuntary conception as a result of birth control sabotage, sexual assault, statutory rape of underage boys by adult women, or sperm theft.
[20] [17] Lilia Lemoine, elected deputy from Argentina and ally of president-elect Javier Milei, announced that her first bill will be to offer parents the possibility of renouncing paternity.
[21] According to the deputy, it is unfair for a woman to be able to renounce motherhood by killing her child, referring to the 2020 approval of abortion in Argentina.
[1] Sociologist Karen Sjørup, who conducted research on the topic[23] argues that it would give women more freedom by allowing those who want to become mothers without having to share the rights and duties of parenthood with men an additional way to do so.