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  • NedLudd [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I hit someone with my car. Now I’m supposed to pay for their hospital bills, but I don’t want to. Should I have the legal right to refuse to pay them? What if I ask them to pull the plug on the life support but they don’t want to? They chose to drive their car, too. We both knew this was a risk. Maybe they got hit on purpose. Maybe they’re a bad driver. They’ll probably be in and out of the hospital for the rest of their life as a result of this accident. Should I have to pay all those bills? After all, I wasn’t the one who decided they should live. Why is it my responsibility?

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      1 year ago

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      • NedLudd [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        It’s not about it being nonconsensual or irresponsible. Having a child is not a punishment for irresponsibility. It’s about someone who is not in a permanent medical situation causing someone else to be in a permanent medical situation. And saying, “well I wanted this person to die” is not a reason to not provide that support.

        You are advocating for the effective abolition of child support within a patriarchal society. This is a gendered issue and therefore sexist. If you are not advocating for this in our current society, then you’re doing so irresponsibly and aligning yourself with people who do.

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      • NedLudd [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        It’s not the same dynamic. The non-pregnant parent in this situation is not in the hospital. The reason the chuds are incorrect is because they’re dismissing a woman’s bodily autonomy by acting like she isn’t also in the hospital.