badbabysitter
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With regard to abortion - I am of the opinion that both [potential] parents should have equal say. BUT - if a woman decides to keep a baby, despite the mans wishes, then she should not get child support for that child.
On the other hand, once a man accepts that child he should be made to pay support. Even if he changes his mind later.
I don't
I have a personal antecdote to help justify my stance
I know someone, who got knocked up and wanted to have an abortion. The father was strictly pro-life and badgered her untill she consented.
Two years into their marriage, he abandoned her and his child..and 12 years later has still never paid a penny of child support
that's why it should always be the woman's choice wether or not conceive... his responsibility in giving birth ended when he knocked her up
a father should only have to pay child support if the child is his.. if he didnt want to raise the child he should have worn a condom.. just as if she didnt want to have a kid she should have used protection or insisted he wear a condom