It served to make one parent not responsible for a child ... very convenient for one ... now we get abortion for convenience.
Nice work
Currently we have single moms having the choice of:
(1) Aborting the baby.
(2) Giving the baby up for adoption.
(3) Keeping the baby and suing the man for child support.
The men have ZERO input as to what the woman chooses. If she chooses (3), then the men's choices are:
(1) Pay whatever level of child support the judge sets, or
(2) Go to jail.
I would propose an alternative to make things more fair, and to serve as an incentive for women to not screw around outside of marriage:
Let the woman set the level of child support.
Then, the man has the choice of either (1) Paying child support, or (2) taking full custody of the kid.
In the event he decides to take full custody of the kid, then the woman becomes liable for the specified amount of child support, with the FULL range of enforcement mechanisms applied against her if she fails to pay.