On my post, Putative Father Registries, long-time reader John posted the following comment:

The father should have a right to know of the birth of his child, but this state seems to fit with the idea that some states have the babies are the exclusive property of the mother. Certainly that was the thinking years ago, and oddly it fits well with the argument that abortion is purely a womans choice, she is the only affected person.

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On my post, Putative Father Registries, I shared a story about one of my readers who did not find out about his birthdaughter's existence until she was 13 years old. By state law, he had no legal right to notice about the child's adoption because he was not aware of the pregnancy.

Long-time reader John posted the following comment:

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On my post, Insecurities about Adopted Child's Relationship with Birthparents, a birthfather left a very sad comment about his own situation. He posted that he has a thirteen-year-old birthdaughter that he just found out about this summer. I cannot even imagine the shock that this man must have gone through, first knowing that he had a child and then that "strangers" were raising that child without him ever relinquishing his parental rights or agreeing... more