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

November 14, 2007 - 12:53 am - by Amy Alkon
Looking Glass
2007-11-14 18:58:52

The child doesn’t get the money. The mother does, unsupervised. A woman willing to trick a man into unwanted fatherhood is unlikely to make a good mother. Nor is she likely to be fiscally responsible if she uses the government to extort money from him.
Going out of her way to have a child out of wedlock does not speak to her concern for the child either.

If it’s really “for the children”, let the father choose what is to be done with the child. The mother thinks he’s a good provider and a good father for the child. She’s proven herself unfit by her actions.

The father can have the child put up for adoption, foster care, adopt it himself, or even have the mother raise it.

This will restore the necessary balance between authority and responsibility. It’s in the best interests of the child.