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Kentucky senate passes bill granting right to collect child support for fetuses (www.theguardian.com)
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Measure allows parent to seek child support up to a year after giving birth to retroactively cover pregnancy expenses

The Republican-led Kentucky senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to grant the right to collect child support for fetuses, advancing a bill that garnered bipartisan support despite nationwide fallout from a controversial Alabama decision also advancing “fetal personhood”.

The measure would allow a parent to seek child support up to a year after giving birth to retroactively cover pregnancy expenses. The legislation – Senate Bill 110 – won senate passage on a 36-2 vote with little discussion to advance to the House. Republicans have supermajorities in both chambers.

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Sex carries risk and if you willingly ejaculate into a woman then you willingly risk being a father. Use birth control and don't sleep with pro lifers. You can"t opt out after the fact because you're not the pregnant one, it's pretty simple and the men whining about would be better served by demanding better birth control for men than trying to punish women.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Use birth control and don't sleep with pro lifers.

    No birth control works 100% and women can change their minds about how they feel about abortions, especially when it's their body.

    you're not the pregnant one, it's pretty simple and the men whining about would be better served by demanding better birth control for men than trying to punish women.

    What's your saying is men should have absolutely no say about a child who carries half of their DNA. We have no say involving abortion, we have little to no say in child support, and we have little to no say with regards to custody. And let's not pretend that their isn't a subsection of women who actively use their kids to punish the father. You can't scream about equality yet want to keep a inherently sexist system that gives the woman ALL the power when it comes to birth and child rearing. I'm pro choice but the idea that a woman gets to completely opt out of raising a child while a man simply has to bare whatever decision she makes with basically no say in it is bullshit.

    It may be your body but it is both of your lives.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can’t scream about equality yet want to keep a inherently sexist system that gives the woman ALL the power when it comes to birth and child rearing.

    Newsflash: human reproduction is an inherently sexist system that gives women ALL the negative consequences and responsibility of menstruation and pregnancy.

    Men have a say about whether to have sex (barring rape where i don't beleive men should pay anything) and whether to use contraception. As I said in my comment, better contraception that men are in control of is the solution. You can't opt out of the consequences of your actions. For women the consequence may be abortion but that is still a consequence. Men would not have this issue if they took responsibilty for their fertility, but instead you want to put it all on the woman and call that fairness. Laughable.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    human reproduction is an inherently sexist system that gives women ALL the negative consequences and responsibility of menstruation and pregnancy.

    Which is why I'm fine with pro choice, but a woman's choice shouldn't be the only choice outside of her bodily autonomy.

    better contraception that men are in control of is the solution.

    Which currently doesn't exist. There are some but besides condoms (which aren't perfect) male contraception similar to the pill are still in trial phases. You can argue getting a vasectomy but considering the cost of things now getting elective surgery isn't doable for most.

    You can't opt out of the consequences of your actions.

    You're making the exact same arguments as anti-abortionist. Rules for thee not for me. And considering it takes two ppl to make a baby BOTH parties are responsible for their fertility. It's ewually both parties fault of a pregnancy happens

    I find it laughable that women can completely opt out of raising a child to the point France made it a constitutional right, yet a man has no say (in most cases) at any point from conception to the childs 18th birthday considering both parties are equally responsible. How can you be pro-choice yet make the state force a man to take care of a child they may have openly said did they did not want before the pregnancy?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ffs, they have a choice to have sex, sex carries risk. Grow up, use a condom and accept the reality that if you take the risk you take the responsibility. Biology isn't fair and the woman has a choice due entirely to biology.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ffs, they have a choice to have sex, sex carries risk. Grow up, use a condom and accept the reality that if you take the risk you take the responsibility.

    I guarantee this has been said word for word during a protest outside of an abortion clinic.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So? Getting an abortion or taking the morning after pill are possible solutions for women. They are not possible for men because men don't get pregnant and therefore don't have access to those solutions. Why you think that means they should be able to have risk free sex and transfer all their economic risk to women is beyond me. Seems rather unfair to be honest, and what incentuve would men have to use contraception then? There is no point in continuing this conversation.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago

    Seems about as unfair as man being saddled with more economic risk than a woman since child support amount is completely arbitrary and based solely on the judges decision. And in some cases (which I've seen personally) losing their freedom because they don't make enough money to cover child support costs.

    Potential penalties include fines and up to six months imprisonment. If the amount of owed child support is more than $10,000 or has not been paid for over two years, the violation is considered a felony and subjects a defendant to up to two years imprisonment.

    Instead of making men shoulder all the responsibility of a woman's decision to keep a child how about you argue for the state to implement things like affordable health care and childcare?

    Seems rather unfair to be honest, and what incentuve would men have to use contraception then?

    The same incentive women have since they can abortions. STI's and Aids

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