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Jeffrey Toobin

Toobin had a longtime off-and-on extramarital affair with attorney Casey Greenfield. Greenfield became pregnant with Toobin's child. Toobin offered her money to have an abortion. When she refused to do so, he threatened that she would regret it if she did not comply. [...] They had a child in 2009, which Toobin initially resisted acknowledging. Toobin's paternity was confirmed with a DNA test and a Manhattan family court judge ordered Toobin to pay child support.

  • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    no I disagree nobody should be forced to give birth but pressuring women into getting abortions is similarly not respectful of their bodily autonomy so no it's really not the least bad way to escape.

    abortion shouldn't be legal so people have an out for parenthood but because people shouldn't be forced to give birth. It's a clear cut bodily autonomy issue

    • BetterBunkersBureau [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Potentially ruining a life is fucked up. An alternative system for legal parenthood would be opt in, but the current framework only allows a single point of opting out which is convincing to get an abortion.

      The whole line of reasoning “every nut is consenting to being a parent and all the legal burdens that come with it” seems indistinguishable from abstinence only sex-Ed which is rightfully rejected by most (all?) here.

      Idk, I didn’t mean to argue that it isn't distasteful, but it’s basically the least bad out. A functional society would be set up in a way that this isn’t the case. I guess I shouldn’t be accepting the internal logic of a bad system by arguing within it or something.

      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        if you try and pressure a woman into getting an abortion that is not respectful of her bodily autonomy as you are trying to decide what she can do with her body for her. It's exactly as disrespectful to her right to decide what to do with her body as trying to pressure a woman out of getting an abortion

          • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            no women's bodily autonomy should not be tied to whether men can easily leave their children.

            Pressuring a woman into getting an abortion is disrespectful of their human right to bodily autonomy and implies you think they are a lesser human than you with less right to decide what to do with their own body. It's not mean it's fundamentally dehumanising