Sweden may allow men to give up all paternal rights via legal abortion'
They will not be liable to pay any child support and have any kind of connection with their child.
Feminism advocates for freedom for women to go for a abortion if they want to as complete autonomy over their bodies is their right. But what about men that don't want to become fathers? Sweden’s Liberal Party has put forward a proposal that will allow men to officially become free of any parental responsibility in case of a pregnancy, according to Washington Post.
Their proposal termed this type of action a ‘legal abortion’ which enables men who don’t want to take the responsibility of fatherhood to have the option to forgo their paternal rights up to the 18th week of a woman’s pregnancy. This cut-off date also happens to be the last week in which a woman can have a medical abortion in Sweden.
Once men obtain a legal abortion then they are not liable to pay any child support and have any kind of connection with their child. Moreover they would also not be permitted to meet the child at any stage in the future.