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  • Mar. 14th, 2006 at 1:49 PM
naanima: (soylent green is people too)
Well, not sure how I feel about this. Though, to me, it seems to be missing the simple point of emotional and physical repercussions to the woman in question. Mind you, if I was the woman in question I wouldn't even bother fighting it through the court, I'd have just told the child (when s/he) is old enough the truth; one of your genetic donor was a dickhead who was so selfish that he couldn't comprehend loving anything beyond himself.

Yes, not fair, but in this case I find myself not really caring.

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[identity profile] squidlet.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 14th, 2006 09:24 pm (UTC)
It seems fair to me. I don't see why the male has to be yoked into supporting a child that the mother /chose/ to have. Assuming the act of conception was mutually consensual?

Reproduction is just biased against the mother psychologically and biologically. But I don't believe in affirmative action for groups of people, whether segregated by race or sexuality or gender.
[identity profile] naanima.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 15th, 2006 09:13 am (UTC)
To me, it is the issue of PreEclampsia/Eclampsia (Toxemia), and let's not forget the emotional.

I have no problem with using the morning after pill, because it is a choice. However, even the morning after pill have repercussions. My GP kept on going on and on and on about how using the morning after pill may cause serious side effects for the female body. So, use the pill or condoms. (And let's not even ge started on how the pill tend to fuck up a woman's body.)

My whole issue isn't the whole 'not paying for the childcare' as I said, if it was me I'd keep the baby and not give a fuck about the sperm donor. It is the fact that the article seem to be implicitly stating that having a child is totally on the onus of the woman. By which case I say; WTF?!
[identity profile] squidlet.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 15th, 2006 12:38 pm (UTC)
It seems to me that the sex act before conception is mutually consensual?

Just because the woman is usually the one screwed over when a child is had (we can add high blood pressure, diabetes, swollen legs, morning sickness, a whole list of complaints) means that she better be aware of her own body and take appropriate precautions when having sex. Should the issue of pregnancy come up, it seems to me that the child having is really on the onus of the woman. After all, what you said, all the guy does is contribute some gametes. It's not like he's going to face carrying the child to term.

The question for the woman is whether she chooses to do so for whatever reasons of her own. As for the risks, she should be aware of them as part of the deal of keeping the fetus.

Basically, I think people should be responsible for themselves and their own bodies. In the pregnancy case, yes, the woman suffers but that's her choice. I don't see why you have to force the man to accept responsibility for her body when there are alternative solutions.

For the risk level in these solutions, well, that's why people should take the pill/wear condoms/not have sex in the first place.
[identity profile] naanima.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 15th, 2006 09:29 am (UTC)
P.S.
The other thing that make me angry is; what happens to the child in question?

So, the woman doesn't have the finance to take care of the child, does that mean that the child should suffer? It is all nice for the man to say that it isn't his problem because he didn't want the child, however, once the kid is born it is automatically an issue.

If he doesn't want to pay the child support because he feel as if the woman is taking the money then fight for the custody of the child.

I'm not talking about affirmative action of groups, I'm talking about the welfare of an individual.

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