I don't think that the woman should be forced to have an abortion, since it's her body that the pregnancy is going on inside, I don't think that the man should have a right to force a woman to carry to term either for the same reason. I do think that the man should NOT have to pay child support for a kid that is the result of him being raped though.
Of course the courts in the US don't really care as long as someone is on the hook for child support, so I expect the courts to tell the guy "tough luck, and pay up" even though I think that it's wrong. Hell, men have been forced to pay child support for children that are proven by DNA not to be theirs, so I don't expect much sympathy for him from the courts. So he'll be raped physically, in public opinion (in that people would be uninclined to believe a man's claim of being raped by a woman), and financially.
Last edited by Terrell; 09-08-2007 at 03:33 PM..
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