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To: CitizenJ

Probably a very realistic scenario. I was born into a situation similar to this. My mother couldn't fall back on her parents and as a result we were raised in foster homes and group homes. This is why I strongly believe that men should pay child support if they father a child. Sure there are women who lie to get pregnant, but there are people out there who lie about all kinds of things. We learn to protect ourselves. Once a child is conceived, a man should be responsible for paying reasonable child support.


212 posted on 04/05/2006 4:46:34 PM PDT by ga medic
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To: ga medic
Once a child is conceived, a man should be responsible for paying reasonable child support.

Makes no sense under Roe v. Wade "logic".

If a woman has a "right to CHOOSE to 'terminate an unwanted child'" POST-conception, then a man should have that same right -- especially since HE will be on the hook for 18 years of payments to her -- which he may not want to pay!

She does not even NEED a reason to "terminate the unwanted child" -- POST-conception. So, neither should he. But, even if he DOES "need a reason", I'd call being subjected to 18 years of confiscatory attachment of income to be pretty damned significant.

But, if you insist that a MAN should be subject to obligation, whether he "chooses" to or not, "Once a child is conceived" -- then, so should a WOMAN. Thus, if a man "chooses" to NOT have a "pregnancy terminated", he should have the right to assert that "choice".

As it stands now, ALL rights accrue to one side, and all RESPONSIBILITIES accrue to the other side.

Coincidentally, this has happened in the same timeframe and context as the feminization of the culture. Go figure.

249 posted on 04/08/2006 8:36:08 PM PDT by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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