[sweetliberty]

You know, while I agree that catastrophic injury or health problems qualify as extenuating circumstances and should be treated as such, they are the exception and not the rule. The bigger problem are these irresponsible punks that go around like Johnny Appleseed impregnating women without the slightest concern that the woman, assuming she has the child and keeps it, will have to somehow cough up the money to meet the child's needs for his or her entire childhood. While I also believe it is irresponsible of the woman to put herself in that position, the fact is that what's done is done. It takes two to make a baby, and both should be responsible for caring for it. I don't necessarily believe that it should be a government issue, but until we get back to instilling some values in kids instead of worrying about removing any reference to God from textbooks somebody has to make sure these kids are fed, clothed and educated. It isn't their fault their parents are idiots.

[garbanzo]

It takes two to make a baby, and both should be responsible for caring for it.

As much as I hate to inject this issue here - women have the choice to decide if they want kids. In today's society, it's hard to fault guys for not wanting to pay for a woman's personal choices.