Why do some women get pregnant knowing they don't have the financial resources to support a child?

Question

Does the urge to reproduce outweigh the financial responsibility to one's offspring?

Answer 1

Because they know the government will support them.

Answer 2

The desire for human companionship and touch is so stronly built within each of us. Some people focus on that more in their present lives than anything eles. They really aren't thinking about becoming pregnant, it's the same syndrome as what many men suffer from "horneyness". In the heat of passion you loose all ability to think, all you can do is feel. Then "Ooops" up jumped the baby.

To me such individuals take valuable resources that people with disabilities need. If the pregnant female, her male partner, and the biological families of the child all put an effort to support the child, public resources should never come into play.

So, if the case is that bad, then it means that people have sex to make their miserable lives feel beter, instant gratification. In order to change this cultural behavior society needs to let people suffer for their choices and not bail them out.

After you have hurt enough people there will be some form of obvious anachy going on in society which further divide people of this nation even further.

So take the one or the other, the choice is up to you. Don't help out and see what the real results will be.

Answer 3

Some people will never afford a child they say it takes a whole village to raise one child. And it takes 2 people to make the child. It takes a father to to be a real man and stay to help raise his child. there are different circumstances with women getting pregnant. Some real young women don't know what birth control is cause their parent didn't take the time to educate them or maybe they are just scared that if they speak to them they will go out to have sex. Kids these days take chances they don't think ahead of the consequences. We need to educate kids early and buy condoms. Don't pin it on the women dear cause it does take 2 a man and a women to make a baby. If the "man" knew his responsibilities the women wouldn't have to get child support.
so what was your question again.

Answer 4

Sometimes its not a planned thing. Birth control is not 100%. Some woman are "raped" as well. Sometimes the couple is young and not thinking like a matured adult. Mistakes can happen. We are human.

Also the last I knew, it took a "man" and a "woman" to have a baby. Why is this question posted by a man and asked about a woman??? She didn't get pregnant all on her own. He was there then and he should be sitting here now.

There are also MANY cases where the "man" abandons the woman and his unborn child. Taking away the finacial component. Especially when the woman can now not get a job until she delivers. Not to many would hire a prenant woman.

Another thing to consider............
When I became pregnant I was able to afford my labor cost. By the time I delivered, I had so many medical propblems with my pregnancy and I also delieverd 3 months early. By the time I got my son home his total cost was "over" $300,000 as opposed to $4000-$7000 it should have cost. Thats a BIG difference. Sometimes unforseen things do occur in life. Anything can change the plan.

Answer 5

Sometimes the woman doesn't necessarily want to get pregnant. Sometimes LIFE intervenes and does it anyway.

Be careful what you ask...life if not so black and white, my friend.

Classic Example: ME

I am happily married have a job and so does my husband. I was on birth control. I got pregnant. Unplanned. We are not in the best financial postition right now, which is why we DIDN'T want to be prego right now, but you know what, LIFE CAME IN AND HAPPENED.

I didn't want an abortion and I know we will find a way. My baby will have a great life.

Answer 6

Because when the man and the woman are in act of "making a baby" they do not thought about the consenquences that would happen in the future whether they are prepared to finance the future of the baby or what. they just think about the pleasure they would get that moment... Actually, Financial Responsibility is not only their problem it is also "being a parent responsibility" etc..

Answer 7

i completely agree with you. and some if not most, answered that it is men's fault.
*women are considered the best ones to think and protect themselves, if possible since they (we) are the ones who will get pregnant and not the guys. lol
*one answered that some countries/religions avoid using birth control (eg.pills, condoms, barrier, etc). how about "withdrawal"??? they can both withdraw it if they don't want material (things) birth controls. (if birth controls are prohibited, why not prohibit premarital sex???)
*unmarried mothers >>> why have sex if you cannot protect yourself and you are not sure if that man you're f4ckin' with will support or marry you???!!!
aboveall, women must not be blinded by the foolish love they don't know what may come after.

<>i am a woman and can afford and can do anything and having no problems with money, BUT STILL i'm afraid of getting married or always worried that if i'll do so, i might have babies/children and cannot raise them well, not because of financial reasons. but worried that i might not be able to give them full happiness in their life even how much money would i give.

Answer 8

I guess I just dont understand why its always a man who asks this question. You guys know that women are pressured to have sex with you = then get all surprised when a pregnancy occurs. Rich or poor its the same. These women dont necessarily want to get pregnant but their husbands or boyfriends want more than a kiss on the cheek. Also, when you are poor the $30 for birth control pills is hard to come by. So the combination means that accidents happen.
Also some ppl are forbidden by their religion to use birth control. Its considered to be the same as abortion-forbidden.
So whether they can afford one or not many women have children they have a hard time supporting- and in many cases they have to do it alone because the man who wanted the sex didnt want what it produced, doesn't want to pay for it either.

Answer 9

why do some guys poke their little toothpicks in when they know full well they will leave in a month?

Does the urge to put that toothpick in outweigh the financial responsibility after its done?

Answer 10

First of all... it takes two people to create a pregancy and there is a man involved in this scenario as well.

Some loving couples want to have famillies and are willing to make personal sacrifices to do so. They may not have two cars, a lavish house and other perks - but they believe that the gift of a child is more important than money.

Some people do not intend to get pregnant and despite taking precautions they find themselves in that situation.

Some people think with their hearts rather than their pocket books.

Some people simply don't think and give in to the passion of the moment without regard to consequences.

There are many reasons for why and how people get pregnant.

Answer 11

The only reason I have ever figured is that they need to feel important. I have a stepsister who has 3 kids, and won't hold a job, jumps between different men, and she just recently gave 2 of her kids to her mother because she couldn't raise them herself. Its disgusting. They don't realize what it takes to be a parent.