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Originally Posted by ObieX
....The only problem as i see it is the laws forcing men to then pay for the result of that gift. It's like saying, "you bought me this car so you're responsible for filling it with gas/oil and keeping it in working condition until its 18 or drives off on its own."...
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The courts have ruled that a mother does not have the legal right to waive payment of child support, because it is payment for the sustenance of the child, until it can work to support itself.
The development of DNA science and tech, along with much more aggressive enforcement of child support orders and collection methods by the states with cooperation of the federal government, should impress men with awareness that they are unlikely to escape payin g support of any child that they father. Also, what is the difference today, vs, the long period when legal, safe abortion was unavailable? There was much more likelihood, that, if you were involved in the initiation of a pregnancy, the pregnancy would result in a birth. Men had no more control in that climate, than now, a period in time when a pregnancy might not result in a birth. A woman today has greater choice and less burden, but it doesn't follow that a man does, to. Why should it?