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0 pointsSeanDav10y ago0 comments

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.

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adekok10y ago· 1 in thread

> 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/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.

MollyR10y ago

That last article seems like a miscarriage of justice, and example of some horrible double standards.

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