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| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
- Woman and man engage in a sexual activity that lead to pregnancy. Child plays no role other than being conceived;
- Woman and man are both responsible for the child;
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- Neither the woman, nor the man, have the right to sacrifice someone not responsible for an act the aforementioned woman and men regret having done.
It's that simple. If the act was not carried out willingly by any of the parties involved, and the local government was unable to protect the violated citizen, then it's the government's responsibility to take care of the child if no one else chooses to do so.
c0re version: if a woman and a man are not planning to have children and the woman gets pregnant and decides not to abort, should the man be forced to pay child support? Yes - and, if the man decided to take care the child, the woman shall pay child support instead. |
but the problem, and where it gets interesting, is the diference between what happens when the man and woman want different things
if the woman doesn't want the child and the man does, she gets an abortion. no child, and no debts etc
if the man doesn't want the child and the woman does, she has the child and they both have to pay, the woman directly and the man through child support
ugh and it gets reeeally complicated if the woman doesn't believe in abortion
but say she does...
if the man wants it and she doesn't, she can still get an abortion
the power's in her hands in this case. so granted she has to go through an abortion which i'd imagine isn't all fun and games, but gets off without a hitch for the most part
if the woman wants it and the man doesn't, she has the damn baby and the guy's stuck paying child support for the rest of his life.
it sucks either ways, and the negative factors for each decision are inherently different, which makes this all very difficult to evaluate
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