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How can I stop her from getting an abortion?
Asked on Jul 08th, 2011 on Child Custody - Oregon
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My son got a girl pregnant they are both of age he wants to keep it. She does not. Does he have any rights? Is there any way he can stop her in having an abortion if he wants to keep it? He told her if she did not want it to sign over her right to it.
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Glen Edward Ashman
He has no legal say whatsoever.
Answered on Jul 10th, 2013 at 12:15 AM
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This is a decision you son will not have a choice in.
Answered on Jul 04th, 2013 at 3:06 AM
Patricia C. Van Haren
You cannot stop someone from getting an abortion. The laws in our country are very clear that the right to terminate a pregnancy is solely a woman's choice. If the mother chooses to have the child, then your son will have rights, until then the woman has the right to choose whether or not to terminate a pregnancy.
Answered on Jul 12th, 2011 at 11:44 AM
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Legally your son cannot prevent her from exercising her constitutional right to obtain an abortion. If she decides to keep the child, he can initiate a paternity case to be determined the child's legal father and to obtain specific parenting responsibilities.
Answered on Jul 12th, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Unfortunately, he cannot. It is her body and therefore, her choice. If she does decide to keep it, and wants to put it up for adoption, he had the right to stop the adoption and raise the child on his own without her.
Answered on Jul 12th, 2011 at 11:11 AM
If the mother is an adult and has decided on having an abortion, then, she is going to have one. There is nothing the father can do to stop it.
Answered on Jul 12th, 2011 at 10:54 AM
William Guy Pontrello
Get a lawyer to get an injunction against the abortion.
Answered on Jul 12th, 2011 at 10:40 AM
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Current constitutional law accords no rights to a spouse of a man who wants an abortion. An unmarried man has even less call to assert dominion over his pregnant girlfriend. I suggest you contact the local Catholic Archdiocese for information and aid. This may yet be a legal issue, but it starts as a moral one.
Answered on Jul 11th, 2011 at 4:08 PM
She has a constitutional right to an abortion. He has no rights to control what she does with her body. He has made his choice in having unprotected sex with the girl.
Answered on Jul 11th, 2011 at 2:01 PM
No. It's her choice completely. He cannot force her to have the baby.
Answered on Jul 11th, 2011 at 1:33 PM