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"Since June, Laurie Shrage has opened email after email from desperate men.

A few told of being forced to drop out of college to support a child they’d accidentally fathered, even as the children’s mothers pursued an education with help from child support payments.

One man said he believed the woman who filed a paternity suit against him secretly intended to get pregnant, to boost her lifestyle with child support payments. Some men say women told them they were on birth control, or were infertile.

And then there were men who simply regretted how that one night stand unwittingly resulted in 18 years of child support.

“These men could be exaggerating,” Ms. Shrage, professor of philosophy and women’s and gender studies at Florida International University, said in an interview with the National Post. “But under our current law, it really could happen.”

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“In consenting to sex,” she writes, “Neither a man nor a woman gives consent to become a parent.” "

https://news.nationalpost.com/news/opting-out-women-can-have-an-abortion-some-men-say-they-should-have-a-choice-over-parenthood-too

Do you believe men should be allowed to opt out of financial and legal responsibilty for the child?

Soo... um my (ex) girlfriend and I broke up for about 3 months.

She asked me today if we could start afresh, and I didn't exactly give her a straight answer.

Then suddenly, she told me that she was pregnant with someone else's kid, about 3 months in (for those who haven't caught on, that's about exactly how long we were broken up)

This, curiously enough, has happened before. Last time, we were kinda at a sorta low point of our relationship after 2 months , and suddently she told me she was pregnant (also not mine) for about 2 months. Apparently she got an abortion and stuff and all was good. Coincidence?

I just don't know for sure if she's telling the truth anymore, seeing as how it just seemed REALLY random to start telling me stuff like that out of the blue, and expecting me to tell her right away if I will stay with her even if she has a kid and stuff.

Futhermore, the last time after her "abortion", we Skyped shortly after and she seemed fine, none of the physiological or psychological inhibitions one would expect.

I do admit there is a possibility that she could REALLY be pregnant, and all that I'm doing here is being in denial and not accepting the truth.

However, I do find that there are a lot of suspicious things surrounding her accounts. For one, I have never seen any proof that she's pregnant, aside from the fact that she may have gained a little weight before each time. She also claims she visited the OB-GYN to check for pregnancy, and who gave her an abortion , which just seem kinda too far fetched.

FInally... 2 pregnancies in a year? Right before/after our relationships? That just seems kinda out there.

Oh and I don't need people telling me she has issues. I KNOW she has abandonment issues, and doesn't trust me very much. But I want to change that, so don't give me the old "you can do better" talk. Just tell me if you think she's telling the truth or not.

BTW: Final thing: IF she's telling the truth, and IF she cannot have an abortion, I'm really confused as to whether I can still accept being with her and stuff. After all, we're both still teenagers. Would appreciate some advice.

CHEERS and please HELP :)