(February 24, 2020 at 9:06 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:Not to mentions ones jus paying some money the other is literally giving up sovereignty of their body .The idea these two things are equal is absurd .(February 24, 2020 at 8:24 am)Belacqua Wrote: Suppose the father doesn't want to pay to support the child after it's born. Is it ethical for the government to force him to pay?
How do we decide when a parent should be forced to support and when he or she shouldn't be forced?
Courts make these decisions all the time, it's not really a burning ethical question. The father of a child is generally obligated to contribute financially to the support of that child and is punished if he fails in that obligation. The mother generally contributes less financially because the burden of care tends to be on her.
But I'm not sure that the two situations have anything to do with one another. Carrying a foetus to term entails health risks, both physical and emotional. Signing a support cheque does not.
Boru
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Nemo sicut deus debet esse!
“No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
