If a woman gets pregnant and decides to have the baby should the father have the right to walk away and not pay child support?

[cheetocandle]

[snackthatsmilesback]

I don't think so. Child support is for when someone unexpectedly has a new kid but still the same income and household, cuz the person who helped them have the kid isn't going to be in the household to help with the new kid or with income. So instead of all their shit being combined like in marriage, the one who isn't involved just pays some amount for the kid.

And I don't think that should depend on whether either parent decides they want to keep the baby, just on whether the baby is there. I'd say even if it's the woman who isn't in the household when the man and baby are, the woman should have to pay child support by the same reasons.

[Anonymous]

If, and only if, the woman has the legal right to an abortion, then yes, the man should have the right to a "paper abortion".

If a woman can legally walk away from being a parent, a man should have the same legal right, as long as he notifies her of his decision early enough in the pregnancy that she can still have an abortion, or choose to move forward with the pregnancy knowing she will be a single mother.

It's absolutely barbaric that women had abortion rights for 5 decades and men still didn't have concomitant reproductive rights.

[Adaeva]

Since women have that right, for example, they can leave the baby at any safe place such as a fire station and walk away, the men should have that right but in the USA the law doesn't allow it.

[Adaeva]

If men had that right, I believe, there would be fewer single moms and certainly there would be few if any predator women seeking to have a baby by an NBA player. In any event, I would limit child support to the amount the state pays when a man is not available to pay or to enforcing whatever agreement the parties made. In the highly unlikely event that after I'm married I will be divorced, I might have a different opinion.

[Kaneki05]

Yup longs he told her before she was pregnant he don't want kids. Not fair for her to say "oh don't want them either" then once she accidently gets pregnant "Actually no I want it now and you have to be a parent too." she has the right to keep it or abort it but not force it onto him.
Now if he said he wanted a baby got her pregnant then tried to chicken out afterwards he has to pay because he can't just back out when she's already in labour lol

[Alchemizt]

Both parents are responsible because the baby was born from both of them. You can't be the type of idiot to make love without taking precautions, I mean what do people expect? If two people willingly take that risk, both of them also need to be willing to take responsibilities that comes with it.

[Alchemizt]

I mean if my girlfriend gets pregnant and she keeps the baby then I can't say "Oh okay I didn't want a child, you go ahead with him/her", because I was responsible for it in that case.

[Anonymous]

No, because it costs society money.

What shouldn't be happening is tax payers paying for children, the parents should be meeting the full costs unaided.

[Drumlin2001]

No. Not the child's fault and they need support from both parents, financial and emotional.

[cloud9vortex1234]

No, his kid is too young to take care of him/herself so he should contribute.