[Yaelle]

But upon further reflection, it becomes obvious that if this idea is enacted, two negative things will occur. The first is that unmarried pregnant women, who already top the murder statistics, will practically become target practice for their boyfriends who don't want to foot the bill. The second negative thing that will almost certainly occur is that the boyfriends will put immense pressure on the women to get abortions so they don't have to cough up money for childbirth.

However, if this sad occurrence came to pass, even stupid women would WISE UP and stop sleeping around.

When abortions were rare and shameful, and birth control wasn't easy to find, women did not "put out" that much, and men knew that they would be socially forced to marry a woman he impregnated. That is the way it should be.

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

and men knew that they would be socially forced to marry a woman he impregnated. That is the way it should be.

Yaelle, it's the larger society (and that includes you and me) that no longer stigmatizes men for failing to do the "honorable thing."