I posted this last night but never got a chance to see all the comments after I fell asleep since I added the last part to the original post it got taken down which I don't mind. so I'll just repost minus the twist. A couple gets pregnant, and after birth the mom doesn't want to keep the child, should she be able to just give the child away without the father's say even if he is there through the pregnancy and wants his child. I think he should get to keep his baby. I've seen stories of women actuly giving the father the choice of, "it's either me, or the baby" it took two to tango so he should be able to keep his baby, and just because I can I'll add a less dark twist. what if the child has already been assigned to a family after birth (the mom already lined up a family to adopt the baby before birth) does the baby stay with the adoptive family, or should the baby go to the birth father should he want to take his baby? For me the dad should keep his child, if the child is barely going into the system, however if the baby already has a family lined up, at the very least if for some reason the court decides the birth father cannot have his baby back he should be able to visit his baby, like an open adoption type deal where he gets to see his baby grow up even if he is legally not the guardian anymore.