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In reply to the discussion: NJ court ruling blocking newborn's dad from delivery room is first in nation [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)49. Judge disagreed with you.
As do all non-MRA's.
Let him take a paternity test and then he can have an absolute right to hold the child.
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NJ court ruling blocking newborn's dad from delivery room is first in nation [View all]
alp227
Mar 2014
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That's how I see it too. Before birth there's one patient who has every right
NYC Liberal
Mar 2014
#5
If the father is not paying any of the hospital/medical bills, would he still have that right?
Common Sense Party
Mar 2014
#9
it has ALWAYS been the policy that no one goes in that room unless the mother
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#179
First of all, I see no reason why we need to assume that the child will have the father's surname.
Squinch
Mar 2014
#296
You've obviously never gone through labor and childbirth. It is physically and emotionally
1monster
Mar 2014
#222
Yes, but this is a specific situation. The child is newborn--and will only be so once.
Common Sense Party
Mar 2014
#19
Ah. Of course. Someone is making a perfectly valid point about the rights of the mother
Squinch
Mar 2014
#299
"Fuck him" is not a valid reaction to giving birth (however you want to describe it).
joeglow3
Mar 2014
#300
I haven't personally experienced it. But I am smart enough to get my information from those who
Squinch
Mar 2014
#311
You actually said "thanks for playing," didn't you? Is there a double no-backs on that?
Squinch
Mar 2014
#317
The fact that you are now making shit up speaks even more about your confidence
joeglow3
Mar 2014
#308
You advocated taking the child away from the mother right after giving birth no less
Tumbulu
Mar 2014
#318
he never asked to be in the delivery room, only to be able to see the baby at the hospital as soon
leftyohiolib
Mar 2014
#6
Female or Male rights? It should be phrased otherwise. It should be Human rights.
Half-Century Man
Mar 2014
#89
well, if he got what he wanted, why was he suing and how is it that he lost?
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#129
How so? He didn't have any right to be in that room and he certainly didn't have
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#224
Your entire argument that he was entitled to have the baby ripped away from the mother a minute
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#233
your argument has no merits. your argument is concerned with only one thing,
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#246
I was about to say that labor can and often does have the effect of making women in pain
CTyankee
Mar 2014
#86
There IS colostrum right away. And latching on needs to be established quickly.
antigone382
Mar 2014
#168
No I agree with the poster who I responded too. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
Exultant Democracy
Mar 2014
#248
No the reverse sexism here isn't a figment of imagination. Visit the HOF forum sometime,
Exultant Democracy
Mar 2014
#253
Not my experience or the experience of my friends. They started nursing right away.
kmlisle
Mar 2014
#209
Mothers need the presence of a baby to stimulate the milk to come in, whether or not
pnwmom
Mar 2014
#231
In my 16, almost 17 years of being in the delivery room, I disagree with this.
Butterbean
Mar 2014
#260
My son was born Cesarean, and his mother was too out of it from the anesthetic to hold him.
olddad56
Mar 2014
#146
That's a completely different situation. In this case, the father would have been
pnwmom
Mar 2014
#234
So, like I said, move the baby to another room, as even you stated is standard process
joeglow3
Mar 2014
#289
There zero reason for the mother to do that other than using the child as a tool
joeglow3
Mar 2014
#291
"Any interest a father has before the child’s birth is subordinate to the mother’s interests,"
Drale
Mar 2014
#4
once the man has established paternity then there is a court system to determine
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#128
yeah, how dare she insist on only having people she wants present while she's in
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#119
In my case, I'd have preferred it if the father were present at the childbirth
My Good Babushka
Mar 2014
#131
Juries refuse to hide misogynistic comments, ergo misogynists feel welcome
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#190
I don't know what's happening. And you are right: a lot of it is very characteristic of Republican
Squinch
Mar 2014
#197
"Any interest a father has before the child’s birth is subordinate to the mother’s interests,"
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2014
#205
I wouldn't want a man staring at my @#$^)*& or me while I'm popping out a baby nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#235
I don't want a male gyn or obstetrician. I never understood why a man would want to be a gyn
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#334