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Ouch. Ain't that the Truth. (Original Post) sheshe2 May 2019 OP
Fight back sisters! ffr May 2019 #1
I can't figure out why we are not out in the streets by the tens of thousands? Hotler May 2019 #2
As much as I hate to say it, down here in the South, the young women see having a child is LiberalArkie May 2019 #6
That won't work, long term Dan May 2019 #7
that's a very broad statement Brainstormy May 2019 #16
It is very broad, but very prevalent here in rural Arkansas. LiberalArkie May 2019 #17
Very prevalent in TN, AL, GA, MS, FL -- all places I have lived. nt Nay May 2019 #19
K&R Kurt V. May 2019 #3
Thanks for this. I just posted it to my FB. JoeOtterbein May 2019 #4
Thanks Joe! sheshe2 May 2019 #8
Thank you again! JoeOtterbein May 2019 #10
I can't take credit.. post from DU recently- ladies load up on batteries for all your devices Thekaspervote May 2019 #5
Ha. sheshe2 May 2019 #9
LOL! I just saw this! And... JoeOtterbein May 2019 #11
Women Don't Get Pregnant by Themselves dlk May 2019 #12
The fathers should be identified. Scarsdale May 2019 #13
The government will not enforce court mandated child support payments csziggy May 2019 #14
Start child support at 6 weeks as well. Giving birth cost money, make the men pay. Pepsidog May 2019 #15
As for not putting responsibility on the men... Honeycombe8 May 2019 #18
They need to pay for ALL of the pregnancy and hospital bills. ginnyinWI May 2019 #20
"...not one puts any responsibility on the man." It's worse than that. They actually give men Nitram May 2019 #21
They also give a man the right of visitation. sheshe2 May 2019 #22
Disgusting. Nitram May 2019 #23
It is, Nitram. nt sheshe2 May 2019 #24

Hotler

(11,387 posts)
2. I can't figure out why we are not out in the streets by the tens of thousands?
Wed May 15, 2019, 08:27 PM
May 2019

we should have already been in the streets protesting for impeachment, and this should have add tens of thousands more to the protest.

LiberalArkie

(15,703 posts)
6. As much as I hate to say it, down here in the South, the young women see having a child is
Wed May 15, 2019, 08:48 PM
May 2019

a source of income and hopefully keeping a man around.

Dan

(3,536 posts)
7. That won't work, long term
Wed May 15, 2019, 09:05 PM
May 2019

as jobs disappear - you can't get blood from a turnip.

And, maybe a baby will keep some men close to home (unmarried situations), but it too is not a sure thing.

sheshe2

(83,583 posts)
8. Thanks Joe!
Wed May 15, 2019, 09:16 PM
May 2019

You have a beautiful daughter, I have read your posts. You are a loving dad that will protect not just your daughter, but all women.

Thanks for that.

Thekaspervote

(32,682 posts)
5. I can't take credit.. post from DU recently- ladies load up on batteries for all your devices
Wed May 15, 2019, 08:38 PM
May 2019

Now that would put an end to it!!

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
13. The fathers should be identified.
Thu May 16, 2019, 10:28 AM
May 2019

If the woman wants an abortion, let the father pledge to raise the child himself. That would cut down considerably on pre-marital unprotected sex. Identify the father.

csziggy

(34,131 posts)
14. The government will not enforce court mandated child support payments
Thu May 16, 2019, 11:42 AM
May 2019

Lack of child support and other support programs forces some onto public assistance, increasing the burden on taxpayers:

In 2013, 5.7 million custodial parents who were due child support under the terms of agreements or current awards were due an average of $4,370; an aggregate of $32.9 billion in payments due.

About 68.5 percent of the $32.9 billion in child support due in 2013 was reported as received, averaging $3,950 per year per custodial parent who was due support.

About three-quarters (74.1 percent) of custodial parents who were due child support in 2013 received either full or partial payments and less than half (45.6 percent) received full payments.

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In 2013, 5.7 million custodial parents who were due child support under the terms of agreements or current awards were due an average of $4,370; an aggregate of $32.9 billion in payments due.

About 68.5 percent of the $32.9 billion in child support due in 2013 was reported as received, averaging $3,950 per year per custodial parent who was due support.

About three-quarters (74.1 percent) of custodial parents who were due child support in 2013 received either full or partial payments and less than half (45.6 percent) received full payments.

More: https://family.findlaw.com/child-support/child-support-statistics-and-trends.html


If fathers had to pay the full cost of their children, they might be more care where they leave their sperm.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
18. As for not putting responsibility on the men...
Thu May 16, 2019, 04:29 PM
May 2019

abortion laws won't do that, because men don't have abortions. But there ARE laws that require the fathers to pay child support. Although I learned recently that men don't have to pay half the pregnancy & birth medical bills, which needs to be changed. Of COURSE they should be legally required to pay half.

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
20. They need to pay for ALL of the pregnancy and hospital bills.
Thu May 16, 2019, 04:45 PM
May 2019

It is their responsibility entirely. Nobody is forcing them to have sex with a woman. And there is plenty of evidence that women are often coerced or forced into having sex with them.

If the men don't want to pony up for consequences, let them abstain!

Nitram

(22,749 posts)
21. "...not one puts any responsibility on the man." It's worse than that. They actually give men
Thu May 16, 2019, 05:34 PM
May 2019

the authority to make decisions for women about their own bodies.

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