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It is unfair, but you are still liable for child support. The argument is that the child is your responsibility - if you don't want to risk having a child, don'
by SeanDav 11y ago
It is unfair, but you are still liable for child support. The argument is that the child is your responsibility - if you don't want to risk having a child, don't have sex.
Women have been known to take sperm from a used condom and impregnate themselves. If that happened to you, you would still be liable for child support.
- adekok 11y ago> if you don't want to risk having a child, don't have sex. ... which applies only to one sex. Women can have an abortion, and choose to not be a parent. Men can't. That doesn't sound like equality to me. Western courts have held that men have absolute liability for their sperm. This includes the following situations: * your girlfriend lies about being on the pill * your girlfriend fishes the condom out of the garbage and impregnates herself * your girlfriends roommate fishes the condom out of the garbage and impregnates herself * your girlfriend impregnates herself with the leavings after giving you oral sex * as an underage boy, you are raped by an adult woman. The last one is surprising. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-12-22/features/9612220045_1_pay-child-support-child-support-behalf http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-12-22/features/96122... The judge said "Victims have rights. Here, the victim also has responsibilities." The admitted and convicted pedophile has full custody of a minor child, and her victim is ordered to pay the criminal money... or go to jail for non-payment of support. I support equality. I have a hard time finding equality in the court decisions in this area.
- MollyR 11y agoThat last article seems like a miscarriage of justice, and example of some horrible double standards.