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?
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.
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.
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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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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This is LITERALLY an anti abortion talking point. Pro-life chuds say exactly this about women getting abortions.
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.