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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read this whole thread and I'm not going to but a girl in our town in this situation was murdered by the baby's father weeks before she was due to deliver. (He was actually charged with two murders). He didn't want to pay child support. He had two jury trials and was acquitted twice, despite pretty very strong circumstantial evidence (cell phone records showing him at her place, no burglary but his girlfriend lied to give him an alibi). If she doesn't have a long-term supportive relationship with the father she needs to keep it to herself.[/quote]

I totally disagree, she needs to be up front and tell the father of this child, the sooner the better.  He needs to have a little time to absorb that he's going to be a dad.  Expect him to be shocked, angry, in denial at first.  This was obviously not a planned pregnancy, he doesn't know Op's daughter well enough to know if he is definitely the father.  He is likely going to want a paternity test to prove that he is, in fact, the father.  He may suggest that she get an abortion but he will have to deal with the fact that she is having this baby.  They can discuss options like adoption.  His POV matters, too.  It is his child, too.

Just because they don't know each other well, doesn't mean that he doesn't have the right to know his own child.  And the child deserves to know their dad.  Tell him.

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So does he get a 50/50 on whether she should have the baby? In my mind, no. I wouldn't risk my peace and possibly my safety on the "rights" of some horny college kid. A pregnancy resulting from a long-term serious relationship is another thing.[/quote]

Obviously she is the one who gets to decide if she continues the pregnancy.  He can express his point of view but ultimately it is her choice.

They are BOTH college students and they both made a decision to have sex with each other.  I'm sure that they weren't anticipating a pregnancy at the time but it is what it is. Op's daughter has decided that she is going to have this baby. Now both of these "kids" have to grow up and step up and do their level best for this precious child.

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