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Daddy Nobucks: When Involuntary Fathers Are Forced to Foot The Bill

November 14, 2007 - 12:53 am - by Amy Alkon
Squid
2007-11-14 11:05:59

Ah, so Dr. Greg thinks the solution is to outlaw premarital sex and to institute forced marriage on couples who copulate.

Lovely vision there, Doc.

I agree that people should be responsible for their actions, especially when there’s a real possibility of an innocent third party becoming involved. However, I think it’s a sad situation when I see people here basically admitting that it’s up to the man to protect himself at any cost because the law will not treat him fairly. Is this really an acceptable state of things for you people?

I’m not making excuses for the real deadbeats who deserve the judgements against them. But just because deadbeats exist doesn’t mean that we should automatically assume the worst of every man, nor withhold sympathy from those who are tricked into fathering a child they never wanted (and were assured weren’t a risk). It disappoints me that so many commenters are willing to sell their own sons up the river just for falling prey to an attractive liar.