talloulou said:
The fact that men have no reproductive rights in this country is a BIG problem.
I agree with you there, I just dont think the those particular rights that those men are fighting for, are amung the rights they should have.
talloulou said:
It's not just with abortion either. Women can purposely decieve a man into believing he is the father of a child
paternity testing is pretty accurate, isnt it?
talloulou said:
[Woman can] collect child support for 18 years, and owe the guy nothing when he finds out he wasn't the father after all. Even if it's proven she lied knowingly....it's not concidered a crime and she receives no consequences.
I'm not an expert on this, but I believe thats because by law, its not the mother that collects the payments, but the child. the mother just manages the money. If thats the case, then it doesnt make sense that the child should owe anything back if there was a mistake.
talloulou said:
Furthermore in many states if you are married and your wife gets pregnant by another man you are held accountable and legally responsible for that child since it was produced in wedlock.
yeah, im not really sure what to think about that. I suppose as part of the marriage contract, the husband is obligated to support his wife's children. but at the same time, the biological father should still be required to make child support payments.
talloulou said:
Furthermore a man can say upfront that he is not ready to be a father and a women can ensure him she is taking her birth control and ooops she forgot a pill and now she's pregnant.
thats why condoms, and the morning after pill exist. hopefully the male pill will come to the united states soon. I havent checked on its status recently, but the research that i've read shows that its much more effective than the female pill.
talloulou said:
Even if she did this intentionally the guy is held accountable.
that again, has to do with child support being the childs right, not the mothers.
talloulou said:
The guy does not get to choose or not choose parenthood the same way the women does.
I definatly agree that more should be done to make sure the father gets a chance to have a say before the mother puts the child up for adoption. For example, requiring the signature of both parents, and if the father cannot be found, perhaps requiring that the mothers name be put onto some sort of searchable database for a certain amount of time, that the father could search through and find her.
but I'm just throwing an idea out into the air. I certainly having thought it through.