Disir
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Part of the war on women, a big part, is the constant assault on women's reproduction rights, while legislatures do little to force men into paying there fair share when the women produces a child instead of obtaining an abortion. Republicans want to pressure the women into having the child not only don't want to pay for the child when it is born, they continue to protect the fathers from having to be more responsible. They don't want to pay for abortions, but they are willing to subsidize the fathers.
Not at all. Deadbeat Dads are contemptible. I don't know of anyone who's trying to protect them.Ya, a lot of men think like you. That's why tax payers have to pay for the kids of irresponsible fathers. And very few would agree that contributing to the cost of raising a child is indentured servitude. Most fathers in this country who pay child support pay a pitiful small amount. The medicaid and food stamp rolls are loaded with kids whose fathers pay only a fraction of what it cost to maintain them in shelter, health care, food and clothing. If fathers were made to pay the actual cost of those things the welfare rolls would be reduced by huge numbers.
Therein lies the rub. Yes, raising a child IS terrifically expensive. I know, I've raised two. In addition, any man who walks, runs, or slithers away from a child that he helped create is at best a contemptible human being. I champion efforts to make men assume their responsibilities in regard to their children. That being said, I believe that both the man AND the woman should lose their reproductive freedom if their sexual activity results in a pregnancy. At that point, there is a third human in the equation whose right to life should be accounted for.
The problem is, however, that as the law stands today, a man not only loses his reproductive freedom, but the woman can legally deny him fatherhood or legally force him to pay for the child's support until he/she reaches independence. That's not right.
The problem is that they do slither away.
Most women (because some are really not worth a damn) are the caregivers for kids. And there are many women that don't even try to get them to pay child support. And men are not prevented from seeing their children if they don't pay child support.
And it is women that will not be able to go out when they want or where they want or do what they want because they will be the primary care givers. So, it is the woman that has to make the choice. But, you know this.
In 2011, 32% of custodial dads received NO child support from the mother, while 25% of custodial mothers received no child support payments from the father.
The Surprising Facts about Payments of Child Support
Women are caregivers my arse.
Over 82 % of custodial parents are mothers. And I'm not saying that father's don't have a case trying to collect child support from women.
Yes more mothers are custodial parents, but a non custodial father is more likely to pay his child support, Proven fact.
The term "dead beat dad" is hateful and ignores a real problem.
Oh, and do you really think that 82% of the mother is really the best parent? I don't.
I'm not interested in how you feel about the best parent.
It goes back to what I said. I underlined and bolded it for you, in case you forgot.