>The father definately has input, IMO. He needs to be able to handle the pregnancy and child rearing emotionally, physically, mentally also. The idea that it's strictly the mother's decision is hogwash.
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>>That's one of the reasons why I feel that males really have little right to even enter into the debate, let alone create laws around it. If you can't ever suffer the consequences of the laws you create, then you have no right to create them.

You forgot to say, he usually has to PAY for the kids, as men tend to earn more than women.