[Morgeruat]

It does make sense to an extent, after all if the woman decides to put the child up for adoption the father (if they aren't married) has no say in the matter whatsoever. It seems to me to be more of a case of each side needing to bend, but taking an extreme position so that they can reasonably hope to get at least their reasonable demands. basically politics as usual, I've seen the same sort of thing from the lumber industry vs. ecology groups...