RE: My question to pro-choice supporters
July 7, 2017 at 7:23 pm
(This post was last modified: July 7, 2017 at 7:39 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 7, 2017 at 6:49 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: I disagree with the general tenor of this thread. Child support isn't about penalizing the father, it's about the welfare of the child who had no say in the matter. Raising children is expensive. If you don't provide financial support to the custodial parent, the child suffers. The father made his choice at conception. Fair or not, the parents should not be given rights that negatively impact the welfare of the child.
The thread wasn't about child support, and no..it shouldn't be punitive...but it is. It's one of few legal ways, in america..for example..to be thrown in debtors prison - and you don't even need to borrow money to get there.
People accept that because they have the deadbeat in mind..but the nature of the law is that it will be applied to everyone, not just the deadbeats. So, something we think is a-okay when it comes to some asshole (when in reality it probably isn;t) happens to some not-an-asshole with the regularity of any beaurocracy.
Did the mother make her choice at conception? Anti-abortion activists will be thrilled to know that this notion has traction. That's been their schtick all along. "Fair or not" has -no- place in our laws, except to say that it should be fair..or not the law. In fact, we have a constitutional amendment that sort of promises that very thing.
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