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55 Drake L. Rev. 1015 (2006-2007)
A Man's Right to Choose: Searching for Remedies in the Face of Unplanned Fatherhood

handle is hein.journals/drklr55 and id is 1023 raw text is: A MAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE: SEARCHING
FOR REMEDIES IN THE FACE OF UNPLANNED
FATHERHOOD
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Introduction ....................................... 1016
II.  Com bating  Forced  Fatherhood   ............................................................. 1018
A .  Stating  a  C laim   ........................................................................... 1018
1. Civil Procedure-Based Claims .............................................. 1020
2.  Tort-B ased  Claim s ............................................................ 1020
3. Contract-Based Claims ....................... 1024
B.  G ender D  iscrim ination? ........................................................... 1025
C .  D am ages? ................................................................................... 1026
D. The Heavy Hand of Public.Policy ........................................... 1027
III. The Importance of Child Support ........................................................ 1029
A . Paternity  Statutes ........................................................................ 1029
B. How Much Should He Pay? ...................... 1031
C. Why Do We Care? The State's Interest in Child Support. 1033
IV. Abortion ........................................ 1033
A. The Man's Right to Prevent a Woman from Procuring an
A bortion  .................................................................................... 1034
B. A Man's Right to Compel a Woman to Procure an
A bortion  ..................................................................................... 1035
C. The Preembryo Argument: Hope for Men's Rights? .......... 1037
D. The Changing Face of the Supreme Court's Possible Effect
on  M en's A bortion  Rights ....................................................... 1041
V. Constitutional Issues and Requirements .............................................. 1042
A . Privacy  R ights .................................. , ........................................ 1042
B. Equal Protection .............................. 1044
VI. Phillips v. Irons and the Strange Issues it Presented ......................... 1045
A. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress .......................... 1046
B. The Property Interests in Sperm ........................................ 1049
V II.  C onclusion  .............................................................................................. 1052

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