Editing Reproductive rights (section)

==Men's rights==
{{See also|Men's rights}}
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Men's reproductive rights have been claimed by various organizations, both for issues of reproductive health, and other rights related to sexual reproduction. Three international issues in men's reproductive health are [[sexually transmitted infection]]s, [[cancer]], and exposure to [[toxins]].<ref name = "NETWORK">{{cite journal |url=http://www.fhi.org/en/RH/Pubs/Network/v18_3/NW183ch2.htm |title=Men's Reproductive Health Risks: Threats to men's fertility and reproductive health include disease, cancer and exposure to toxins |access-date=2 January 2008 |last1=Best |first1=Kim |date=Spring 1998 |journal=Network |pages=7–10 }}</ref>

Recently men's reproductive right with regards to paternity have become subject of debate in the U.S. The term "[[male abortion]]" was coined by Melanie McCulley, a [[South Carolina]] attorney, in a 1998 article. The theory begins with the premise that when a woman becomes pregnant she has the option of abortion, adoption, or parenthood. A man, however, has none of those options, but will still be affected by the woman's decision. It argues, in the context of legally recognized [[gender equality]], that in the earliest stages of pregnancy the putative (alleged) father should have the right to relinquish all future parental rights and financial responsibility, leaving the informed mother with the same three options.<ref>{{cite journal | author = McCulley Melanie G | year = 1998 | title = The male abortion: the putative father's right to terminate his interests in and obligations to the unborn child | journal = The Journal of Law and Policy | volume = VII | issue =1 | pages =1–55 |pmid=12666677 }}</ref> This concept has been supported by a former president of the feminist organization [[National Organization for Women]], attorney [[Karen DeCrow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2000/10/19/mens_choice|title=A man's right to choose|last1=Young|first1=Kathy|date=19 October 2000|work=Salon.com|access-date= 10 May 2011}}</ref> The [[feminist]] argument for male reproductive choice contends that the uneven ability to choose experienced by men and women in regards to parenthood is evidence of a state-enforced [[coercion]] favoring traditional [[sex roles]].<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Lisa Lucile |last1=Owens |year=2013 |title=Coerced Parenthood as Family Policy: Feminism, the Moral Agency of Women, and Men's 'Right to Choose' |journal=Alabama Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Law Review |volume=5 |pages=1–33 |ssrn=2439294 }}</ref>

In 2006, the National Center for Men brought a case in the US, ''[[Dubay v. Wells]]'' (dubbed by some "''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' for men"), that argued that in the event of an unplanned pregnancy, when an unmarried woman informs a man that she is pregnant by him, he should have an opportunity to give up all paternity rights and responsibilities.  Supporters argue that this would allow the woman time to make an informed decision and give men the same reproductive rights as women.<ref>Traister, Rebecca. (13 March 2006). "[http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/03/13/roe_for_men/ Roe for men?]" ''Salon.com.'' Retrieved 17 December 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalcenterformen.org/page7.shtml|title=ROE vs. WADE... FOR MEN: Men's Center files pro-choice lawsuit in federal court|website=Nationalcenterformen.org}}</ref>  In its dismissal of the case, the U.S. Court of Appeals (Sixth Circuit) stated that "the Fourteenth Amendment does not deny to [the] State the power to treat different classes of persons in different ways."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/07a0442p-06.pdf |title=U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, case No. 06-11016}}</ref>

The opportunity to give men the right for a [[paper abortion]] is heavily discussed. [[Sperm theft]] is another related issue.