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Should a man have a right to choose whether to pay child support?

  • Women, in my view, rightly can choose whether or not to carry a pregnancy to term, and the central reason that the law grants this right is because it agrees that she should have control over her own body. When a woman does bring a child to term, the father, whether he likes it or not, can be compelled to support that child. That means, for a period of 18 years he must earn additional income to keep the same money for himself in the case of child support. Which means longer hours, more stress, and essential servitude, to a degree, for 18 years. All of which affects his body, his life expectancy, potentially his health and mental health. All the more so if he seeks and is denied access. So, if a woman can exercise choice about bring a child to term, what then of the mans choice to support the child, which affects his body in all the ways outlined? note - this is not a question about birth control, or pregnancy out of wedlock - it is seeking to make a direct comparison between why a woman has a right to choose (on the basis of her body and her health) and the equivalent effects on a man, in terms of his health and well being, by being forced to work to earn money to pay for that child for 18 years of his life. When he has no choice about whether the pregnancy is bought to term. Should a man have a right to choose whether to pay child support?

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    I know of one law case where a female doctor and male doctor had protected sex. The female doctor saved the condom and used the sperm to be artificially inseminated. She was suing the male doctor for child support, he was suing her for theft of personal property. Yes a man should have the choice whether or not to pay child support if the circumstances support his decision.

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No he shouldn't. When having sex, even with protection, he knows pregnancy is possible and he'll have to step up to the plate and pay if it results in a child. The woman gets one extra choice because it's her body. That's just the way it is. It's not necessarily fair, but the guy has warning about it. He knows the law currently when he has sex. Also, it's much fairer than allowing a woman to raise a child by herself because she doesn't want an abortion (it's understandably why a woman might not want one), or allowing a man to either force a woman to have an abortion or carry a pregnancy to term. Also, if a man doesn't pay child support, it's the child and the taxpayers who suffer. He's not supporting the woman - he should support his own offspring whether he wanted it or not. He accepted that responsibility when he had sex. Harriet

Harriet

If there were a practical way to allow men to opt out of fatherhood, I'd be all for it. Unfortunately, there isn't. I have a close friend who became pregnant from a one-night-stand. She informed the father as soon as she knew she was pregnant, and he disappeared off the face of the earth. She now has a 10 year old son and she has never received a penny from the father. Imagine how much more often this would happen if it were legal.

Lyanthya

I see where you are coming from but regrettably your logic is flawed. You seem to suggest that the man has no choice - wrong. No man has to have sex in the first place so it is then that his choice is made not when the woman is pregnant. You spray, you pay. As to a termination it is a woman's choice only to a degree as she has to consider the baby as well as herself.

Nick P

If he doesn't pay, we the tax payers do. What about our stress, outr long hours, our health? Everyone knows the risks and the consequences of sex. Men get to decide if they want to be in the child's life. No one can force you to be a dad, but they can and will force you to pay. Suck it up. This is the one area in society that women are in total control. You play, you pay.

haute.pepper

No, I don't think so. If the man and woman are bringing the baby up separately, then whatever the father does it's nowhere near how much the woman will be doing to look after the child every single day. If they bring the baby up together then they should both be doing their part for the family. Anyway, it takes two to make a baby. Both parents should work harder to bring up the child, so why shouldnt the man do his bit?

Is

sounds like sombody has to pay child support and doesnt like it.... hahahah just pay ur money and be a man

psh edward? dude i dazzle myself

Nope he should pay child support because it's his child

Michael B

No.The choice is not to make anybody pregnant. If you do, that child needs to be supported by the father, not the state, which means all of us would have to pay for your minute of pleasure.

Selah

Yes.. Women have choices and can use abortion to opt out of parenthood, so it really is only fair that men should have the right/option to "financially abort" also. Women can legally opt out of parrenthood, so why can't men?

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