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OK, you're a guy with a gal. Mistakenly you impregnate her. She decides she's going to abort the child. You say no. But you have no right to that child no matter how you want it. She has the abortion. Case closed.
Well, new scenario.
You're a guy and a gal. Mistakenly you impregnate her. She wants to keep the child, you don't. She's going to have it no matter what you want and you are forced to an obligation of 18 years to support this child at the minimum - monetarily.
What if you could abort the child legally? She still gets to have the child, only you are now legally disconnected from the obligation. This would come at a price of no rights of visitation also.
Child support is for the benefit of the child. End of story. It's a fact of biology that men have no control over what happens to their sperm once it enters a woman's body and current laws are geared toward ensuring that any resulting child does not land on welfare rolls.
Child support is for the benefit of the child. End of story. It's a fact of biology that men have no control over what happens to their sperm once it enters a woman's body and current laws are geared toward ensuring that any resulting child does not land on welfare rolls.
Thank you for the humor..."child support the benefit of the child"? That's rich right there! It is a punishment for the male, plain and simple. Otherwise, there would be a calculation of what a child costs on a monthly basis, and that would be applied and split 50% regardless of income. And there would be a requirement to account for that money, and how it was spent on the child, to the non-custodial parent.
I do appreciate the laugh though...good way to start the day...
Thank you for the humor..."child support the benefit of the child"? That's rich right there! It is a punishment for the male, plain and simple. Otherwise, there would be a calculation of what a child costs on a monthly basis, and that would be applied and split 50% regardless of income. And there would be a requirement to account for that money, and how it was spent on the child, to the non-custodial parent.
I do appreciate the laugh though...good way to start the day...
Child support is a "punishment" for the father? That may be how YOU view it, but it's not designed to be that. Sorry. It IS for the benefit of the child whether you like how it has been administered or not.
Thank you for the humor..."child support the benefit of the child"? That's rich right there! It is a punishment for the male, plain and simple. Otherwise, there would be a calculation of what a child costs on a monthly basis, and that would be applied and split 50% regardless of income. And there would be a requirement to account for that money, and how it was spent on the child, to the non-custodial parent.
I do appreciate the laugh though...good way to start the day...
If they actually did that many would be paying far more child support than they currently do.
In my state the minimum is $150 a month for one child. The actual cost to raise a child are far more than $300 a month.
Child support is a "punishment" for the father? That may be how YOU view it, but it's not designed to be that. Sorry. It IS for the benefit of the child whether you like how it has been administered or not.
I'm sure I'm not alone in that view, no matter how you want to spin it. That may be the "intent", but the application, and reality of what that regressive concept does, is quite the opposite. One must look beyond the definition to the reality to make an assessment. But it sure sounds "awesome", cute and cuddly, 'cause it's for the chiiiiilllllddddrrrrreeeennnn!
A man's choice in the matter ends when he chooses to have sex. If he doesn't want to have a child then the only 100% options he has is abstinence. He could have a vasectomy but even that isn't a 100% guarantee. Pregnancy is a possible outcome of having sex and if you don't want to deal with the consequences then don't have sex, this goes for both men and women.
If a man does not want to take responsibility for raising a child he helped create then DO NOT CREATE ONE! Even kids know how to do this so ignorance is no excuse. Keep it in your pants or use condoms etc. If you do help create one you are going to pay a lot for the privilege or the carelessness.
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That may be how YOU view it, but it's not designed to be that. Sorry. It IS for the benefit of the child whether you like how it has been administered or not.
