Should a man be able to say he doesn't want a child and doesn't want to be a father even after having unprotected sex. Should a man be able to terminate his rights? Women can terminate the pregnancy, thus not producing a child or the need to be obligated and responsble for a child. Should her actions dictate what a man has to do? Should her options be a man's obligation? Is it ok that the court enforces men to have children (financial responsiblility) but won't force women to have children? Single women adopt children all the time. If women want to have children w/o the father, if they want to be the sole decision maker on the subject, why would you make a man pay for her decision? I am not saying you should make abortion illegal but if you did, then the field would be level and if she got pregnant, they both would be obligated from that point, not just one. If a man gives a woman $20K and she puts that on a house, that man is not obligated or responsible for that house.
2007-02-24 02:04:00 · 7 answers · asked by The Questioner 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I don't understand how people can say a man is running when he doesn't want to pay child support for a child he didn't want but its ok for a woman to have an abortion. Isn't that running away from the responsibility for a child? If a man doesn't want a child, he is forced if the woman does. If a woman doesn't want a child, she is free to go. If you believe there is a double standard but you like it like that, then that is what you like. However, you can't get upset for any other double standards if you agree to one. If it is ok for there to be one, it is ok for there to be many.
2007-02-24 05:41:45 · update #1
Not many people are actually answering the question. Women get to choose to be a parent after the child is conceived. Should a man also have that choice?
To say that a man is irresponsible if he doesn't to have an obligation to a child but not say the same about a woman that has an abortion is double-talking. If a woman gets to choose after having sex whether or not she will be a parent a man should have the same option... correct?
If you think a woman should have the right to choose to be a parent but the man shouldn't please explain your hypocrisy. There may be a good reason why there should be inequality but I haven't heard one yet.
2007-03-03 18:00:52 · update #2
This is a lot of questions, but let me just address the termination of parental rights, instead of the moral issues. A man cannot terminate his parental rights to avoid child support. Most TPR actions are initiated by the mother so a 2nd husband can adopt or by the state in the case of abuse and/or neglect. If a man's parental rights are terminated for abuse in my state, he still has child support obligations. If the TPR is for adoption, his support obligations end.
2007-02-24 02:14:29 · answer #1 · answered by David M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the system how it is now. i don't think it is fair for the woman to get pregnant and the man run away acting like its not his baby. I was a single mom for 2 yrs and not once did I receive any money from him. yes it was my fault that I got pregnant but I did not know that he would run. some women cannot get abortions for medical reasons. Plus I wouldn't be able to live knowing what I did to my unborn child. If the state can find the father of the child and make him pay child support I think that's great. The child will have more. not all single parents can make ends meet especially if they didn't finish H.S.
2007-02-24 12:47:24 · answer #2 · answered by Sunshine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they should do away with the whole child support welfare program. I'm a full time single parent who gets no support from my x, and frankly wouldn't want any. Also, if the father has no say when it comes to abortion then he shouldn't have to pay child support either. It was her choice to open her legs. The whole "It's my body" thing doesn't cut it. The 18 years after that are far more important.
2007-02-24 10:16:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has always bothered me that the man has no say in whether or not a woman gets an abortion. My friend begged and pleaded with his ex to keep their child - but she aborted it to continue her BS modeling career. He offered to take care of it himself - she refused.
But yes. It is a double standard that women can reject their parental responsibilities, but men can't - unless there is a new man in the picture. In that case baby's daddy can give up parental rights, and new daddy can take over.
2007-02-24 10:10:54 · answer #4 · answered by smellyfoot ™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask the baby if it needs paternal help. It didn't ask to be the result of a stupid man taking no responsibility to prevent a pregnancy. And, if you don't want 'your' baby aborted, first check with the woman that she actually wants to have a baby--yours or anyone elses.
There is NO excuse for a man having an unwanted, unplanned baby.
2007-03-04 01:41:44 · answer #5 · answered by not the real me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he gets AIDS from having unprotected sex can he say he doesn't want that?And it will then go away?
Any man -or woman - in this day and age having unprotected sex is being pretty foolish in the first place.
2007-03-03 10:48:33 · answer #6 · answered by Your Teeth or Mine? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way to make the field level is don't do anything in the FIRST place that you can regret later
2007-02-24 10:12:17 · answer #7 · answered by sapphire_630 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋