men's rights - the new roe v. wade
women can opt out of a pregnancy if they decide that a baby isn't what they want right then (although this is coming under fire in several states), but what about the man involved? if the woman decides to have an abortion he's in the clear, but if she decides that she wants a baby (even if at the time of 'making the baby' she didn't, the man didn't, AND they had taken precautions against it), he must pay child support for the result. i've always had a problem with that (the idea of fair still hasn't been washed from me yet), and now the National Center for Men is trying to fight it. their timing is, of course, awful considering south dakota just passed a law banning almost all abortions and other states are making moves in that direction. Another aspect of problems finding support comes from party lines. i may agree with it, but i'm not exactly in tune with the majority opinion. liberals, as a friend pointed out, can't afford to support it for fear of losing the vote of women. conservatives, with concern for personal responsibility and dislike of abortion, aren't likely to support it either. so hopefully the courts will not be swayed by public opinion and rely on the very simple logic of -if women can opt out of a pregnancy, shouldn't men be able to opt out of financial responsibility for one (especially if his choice was previously known)-.
(fun with parentheses time is now over)
(fun with parentheses time is now over)
posted by markschersch at 8:48 AM
4 Comments:
It does make me nervous that this is being attempted right now because I have this fear that if a real hubbub builds up around this it could really distract from what I feel is a more important issue, the states passing restrictive abortion laws. It's not that I'm a woman and there for roe v wade is of a more essential interest to me, it's just that roe v. wade has deep implications for the health and safety of women where as for right now, the argument that the NCM is putting out there seems to focus more on the finacial responsibilities.
while i agree that it would be bad for this to distract from the abortion issue, i think that financial allocation has deep implications for the health and safety of men...
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ooooooo, we could have little bracelets that everyone is required to wear, and if your bracelet and the girl's bracelet don't 'match up' as far as abortion issues and who's financially responsible then you aren't allowed to sleep together
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