I am largely pro-life and think that abortion should happen only in exceptional cases (to give you a sense of where I’m coming from and some context). However, I was thinking that a shift in responsibilities could make the issue moot.

Here’s what I mean. One thing that bothers me is that the responsibility and burden of an unwanted pregnancy seems to fall almost entirely on the woman, with almost none on the man.

To shift the burden, what if there were “negligent ejaculation” laws? For example, if a man ejaculated in a way that caused an unwanted pregnancy he could be subject to fines, jail time, or some other kind of punishment. (There are some problems with this solution, but I use this an an example to seed the discussion)

Do you agree with my assertion? Why would/wouldn’t this approach work?