I wasn't sure if this should be in Living or Sexuality, but I decided it's got more to do with Living. If I'm wrong I apologize
Hi everyone. Today my mind was wandering and I was thinking about men being forced to pay child support for children they helped create. This isn't a true story, it didn't happen to a 'friend of mine, or anything like that, I was just pondering things.
From what I understand:
a) In many countries if a man impregnates a woman, and she decides to have the baby, he will probably be required by law to pay child support.
b) In many countries prostitution/brothels are legal and it is the prostitute's responsibility to ensure she doesn't get pregnant/infected with an STD.
Assuming a) and b) are correct, think about this:
A man visits a prostitute and she is on the pill and makes him wear a condom. He is a regular customer and is known by the prostitute/business. The prostitute accidentally falls pregnant (misuse of the pill, a broken condom, the reason isn't important) and she decides to have the baby. Nine months later the man is informed that he's a father.
Will the man have to pay child support? He is the father and played half the role in the creation of the child. On the other hand she did make every effort to prevent pregnancy, and there was an unspoken mutual agreement that there would be no baby.
What do people think?