Every abortion drama has three main characters (the mother, the father, and the child) and a host of supporting characters (doctors, nurses, grandparents, friends, etc.). 

No abortion drama is ever rightly lived out unless all three of its main characters are treated positively in a meaningful way. How many times is that done now? The answer to that question is: Almost never. Instead, the mother is made victim, the father is scorned as scum, and the child is discarded as something worthless that never happened. Consequently, loving relationships are destroyed, and lifelong angers and regrets take root in their ashes.  That is the status quo, and that does not work.

My proposal treats all three of an abortion drama's main characters with dignity and respect.  The mother controls her body and her destiny, the father publicly accepts responsibility for his part in the pregnancy, and the child gets a name and therefore becomes a human being who is also a person in the eyes of the law.