If a father wants an abortion, the woman decides to have the child, should he have to pay child support?

Question

They don't give enough room to properly word the question, so let me clear myself up. If a woman gets pregnant, and decides to have the baby, though the father wants it aborted, should he have to pay child support for that child? Why or why not? Thanks!

Answer 1

Abortion is immorally wrong and legally protected. That's life...err...death. You make a good point though.

THE PROMLEM though, is that such a law could easily be used by deadbeat dads to refuse child support.

Answer 2

I wouldn't know. I don't think I would abort the child. I think I would give it to a nice family who has the money to take care of it. But if she wanted to keep it herself then she needs to hold sole responsibility for the child, but this should mean that the father have no legal right to see his child or any rights to this child. If he thinks that in the future he'd want to see his kid then pay for the child now, if not then don't pay. Girls use child support as a tool, which is bad. Why force a guy to stay who doesn't want to stay? Why is a girl going to stop him from living a life that he wants to live just because she wants to have a child. A girl should tell the guy in advance so that way they can have a discussion on whether or not to get an abortion.

On a side note: Women have been tring for rights for abortion, and yet many young guys, Majority of guys whether have the girl get an abortion. Then why keep fighting over abortion?

Answer 3

There are a number of "what if's" here.

1. Yes, the father should pay child support if he failed to use birth control and she got pregnant.

2. Yes, the child should pay REASONABLE child support if the father failed to use birth control, she got pregnant and doesn't want to have an abortion. However, the woman should ALSO be responsible for the support of the child and not look just to the man to financially support the child. That's fair for him is fair for her.

3. No, if DNA proves it's not his.

4. Divided if the man used birth control and it failed. Not all birth control is guaranteed 100 percent. If it fails, the man pays, and the woman pays, too.

Answer 4

I almost thought for a 2nd that you didn't know the answer to this question, but then I realized that this is just a poll for other users' opinions.

If the man didn't want the child, he shouldn't have got in bed with the woman in the 1st place and put the woman through all the pain and anguish that comes from pregnancy, even a short one.

He should have to pay child support not just because it's his baby, but for all the suffering he caused his partner, both mental and physical, not to mention the gigantic hospital bills.

He can't have his cake (sex) and eat it (abortion) too.

Answer 5

first I find out if this child is yours by having a DNA test in court. second even though it is not nice keep it your pants will you. because until you learn this it happen again. yes if this child is your you are reasonable for paying for cause you created you should of used birth control pills. do you have any idea what an abortion does to women? it puts her through suicide thoughts and they a traumatize for the rest her life knowing she killed her own baby which she will never get over so next time when you in that situation think about adoption. Which the women won't be so, traumatize and furthermore think about the women first. Remember life begins at conception and you destroying Gods creation. Don't think of yourself think of women and think of what is right which is not destroying Gods creation. it is murder. Do what is right and what is pleasing to God, so think about and now that this child is probably yours don't be a dad bead dad and refuse to pay child support. unless you want her to take you to court and end up and jail and you can now loose your license suspended. pay for the child we have to things we don't want to do sometimes.

Answer 6

There is the accountability factor- should have worn a condom! But, also- the woman is reasonsible too- by law the man should pay support- raising a child is no small matter- but if there is an agreement between them for the woman- who wants the child to just accept him as a "sperm donor"- Then get it legally in writing with the courts or a lawyer before the child is born and make sure the father is not named on the birth certificate-then perhaps.....

Answer 7

i don't have self belief this. How can everyone say that men have greater of an criminal duty to help that he did no longer even choose than a girl has while she spreads her legs and we could a guy enter her? She has a rather good variety of thoughts. she would be in charge for her very own sexuality, get on the pill or in spite of. she will have abortion. If she does not prefer to kill this little miracle, she will continuously placed the toddler up for adoption. the only selection a guy has is to placed on a condom or undergo enslavement truthfully. If a guy can no longer locate artwork and pay for the toddler that they did no longer choose, guess what, he is going to debter's penal complex. He had no say in something yet theory. He would even have the main appropriate to ascertain the toddler that created. it rather relies upon on the mum's say. that truthfully ability he's enslaved.

Answer 8

Yes, the father should have to pay child support. His chance to avoide child support was before conception. While it is very one-sided that the woman ultimately gets to choose whether to give birth or not, the man knew the consequences prior to creating to baby and now needs to face those consequences. He knew up front that it was not his choice whether to abort or not.

Answer 9

Yes. Responsibility and accountability is the mark of an adult. You made it happen, you need to be responsible for it. You carry car insurance in case you have an accident, you carry home-owners in case you have a fire, you have health insurance in case you get sick. Why? It's your responsibility to do so.

You're planning on having kids one day anyway, right? So why is it okay to have THAT baby but not this one?

Besides that, two out of every ten women who have an abortion will never be able to get pregnant again, and six out of every ten women who have had an abortion miscarry at least twice before they're able to carry a child to full term. Why? Just like seizures in the brain, your body LEARNS that the abortive response is the correct one and does it naturally.

My sister-in-law had an abortion when she was 22. When she was 27 and wanting to have children with her husband, she miscarried seven times before her first daughter was born, and then miscarried two more times before her son was born. And all she does is cry when she thinks about the life she threw away. "If I had only known then what I know now . . ." very sad. Why would you want to do that to somenoe else for the sake of your own convenience and comfort? To you, it's a wallet. It's a bill just like the electric bill or water bill or rent. To her, it is her life, and it is her life that will be changed forever, not yours.

Yes, you'll have a child somewhere out there in the world, but the heart of it is hers, not yours.

Answer 10

If you are willing to take pleasure by risking the life of another, (Baby) then you have no right to even ask this question as far as I am concerned. There isn't a species out there that abuses their own such as we do and it begins with the fact that pleasure and self gratification is much more important to you then family, community and nurturing any that we bring into this life. This questions deals with the symptoms of a sick society rather then prevention.

If you smoke and get cancer should society help you?

If we invade a country under false pretenses, should the world support the intrusion?

If fast food causes our children to have heart disease and obesity should we hold those who license business responsible.

If a steel company pollutes a lake should the shareholders who received all of the dividend be responsible for cleaning it up?

If, IF , IF. If you do the crime you do the time.

Answer 11

No he shouldnt! A woman should not just get to decide hey I am having this kid and whether you want it or not you will be forced into a life of servitude to help me support it and raise it.
That really is not fair at all because some women purposefully get pregnant to "trap" a man into providing for them. Lets be honest here most guys are not exactly thinking properly in the heat of the moment, the girl says im on the pill and hes drunk enough not to care, should have to spend the rest of his life taking care of a kid he doesnt want? NO
Likewise though, if the woman wants the abortion and the man wants the child, if he can make a case for it the woman should have the child and give it to him.