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  •  I know a girl (4.00 / 4)

    whose family forced her to carry her pregnancy to term when she was fourteen, and now she's barely employable with a three year old, and homeless, and her family doesn't give a rat's ass.

    Please: If men cared about women's rights, they'd take responsibility for birth control, but they always seem to see it as the woman's problem. I get so pissed off when I hear men engaging in "pro-life" rhetoric I really start hating them. I hate the male doctor who told me sterilization went against god's will. I hate the sexual harrassment and anger of men when I don't want to have sex with them - that they have the gall to think sex is their right, when they don't even know me.

    by bluebird of happiness on Mon Jun 13, 2005 at 03:09:54 PM PDT

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    •  Pass a law (none / 1)

      ... that requires the genetic father to support their child until age 18 with no exit and abortion will be embraced by these chumps.

      The courts would have to have unmitigated gall to force only women to bear the burden of a man's sweet nothings.  Equal treatment under the law would necessitate proportionate male sacrifice.

      "The survival value of intelligence is that it allows us to extinct a bad idea, before the idea extincts us." -- Karl Popper

      by eyeswideopen on Mon Jun 13, 2005 at 07:53:40 PM PDT

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      •  Every state already has such laws (none / 0)

        nt

        by digdugboy on Mon Jun 13, 2005 at 10:44:56 PM PDT

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        •  I don't think so. (none / 0)

          We once knew a guy who used to brag about having 6 illegitimate kids that he did not support.  He was against abortion rights for women.  There is a long history of males seeking to propagate themselves in the highest possible numbers.  It's an animal thing.

          If men knew they would be required to sacrifice proportionately financially, the attitude regarding abortion would change, and they would see it as protecting not only the life of the woman but also that of the man.  The burden must be shared equally.

          We need to move to a post-Darwinian era where quality rather than quantity is intentionally chosen.

          "The survival value of intelligence is that it allows us to extinct a bad idea, before the idea extincts us." -- Karl Popper

          by eyeswideopen on Tue Jun 14, 2005 at 06:36:19 PM PDT

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          •  that doesn't mean he wasn't flouting the law (none / 0)

            what state? I'd be willing to do the research on the laws ... getting the guy prosecuted would be another problem, tho

            Obesa cantavit

            by wystler on Mon Jun 20, 2005 at 09:43:12 PM PDT

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            •  The guy died recently, (none / 0)

              ...suddenly of a heart attack, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't do some research.  I'd sure be interested in knowing if there are laws that bind the biological father to support the mother and child -- it's only relatively recently that we could establish paternity to a very high degree of certainty.

              "The survival value of intelligence is that it allows us to extinct a bad idea, before the idea extincts us." -- Karl Popper

              by eyeswideopen on Tue Jun 21, 2005 at 09:39:15 PM PDT

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