EverCurious
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If they’re adults, intoxication is irrelevant. They made that choice to enter the contract.They enter a contract upon copulation. Apply standard contract law.Why does a woman choose what happens to a man’s baby? That’s his DNA and not just her body. Totally sexist.
I actually agree that the father should have some kind of voice in the matter, but I have no idea what kind nor how we can possibly deal with it. I mean what restitution for them getting an abortion? They have to get "permission" from the father? I just don't see how it can happen in a fair and just way...
Its an option I suppose, but it won't hold legally for sex under the influence - I'd say the majority of "abortion causing" sex is drunk/stoned wouldn't you? So partial answer maybe...
Contract law doesn't work that way though. To wit (from memory):
Minors, the mentally ill, and persons who are intoxicated or drug-addicted are generally excluded from entering into legal agreements. Mental incapacity simply means that a person does not have the competence to enter into a contract. In addition to intoxication, mental incapacity can result from mental illness, such as schizophrenia, senility, and even bipolar condition. Most courts look at contracts with persons of such mental incapacity as voidable contracts.
I don't believe it can work like you think it would/want it to...