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To: Hildy
Of course, it's never been otherwise. The difference is that now, supposedly in the age of equality, women are equally responsible. But is that even fair?

If one is to believe the argument that it is a woman's body and she can do with it what she wants, then she has the greater responsibility for her becoming pregnant. A man can't get pregnant, can't have sex with a woman without her permission, but he doesn't have any say in whether or not she aborts the baby or keeps it.

I'm not saying that a man has no responsibility in a woman getting pregnant. It usually takes two for a pregnancy to happen. But, if it is her body, her choice to have sex, her choice to use birth control or not, then his responsibility is much less than hers. Right or wrong, the courts do not see it this way with regard to pregnancy. He must pay.

I'm not saying a many shouldn't pay, only that a woman gets to have it both ways. It's both her body and she's not fully responsible for her choices with regard to her body.

477 posted on 01/18/2007 5:56:29 PM PST by GBA (God Bless America!)
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To: GBA

I can't argue with those facts.


478 posted on 01/18/2007 6:42:11 PM PST by Hildy (Words are mere bubbles of water...but deeds are drops of gold.)
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