‘Preglimony’ Would Make Men Financially Responsible for Pregnancies or Abortions

[Sam Peel]

Developments in technology that make it possible to identify prospective fathers during pregnancy call for a change in thinking about their responsibility to help pay—for pregnancy or for an abortion, a law professor says.

A prenatal blood test makes it possible to link a woman’s partner to her pregnancy, according to University of Richmond law professor Shari Motro. A potential ramification, she writes for the New York Times, is that men might be asked to support their partners before a child’s birth. “They might be asked to chip in for medical bills, birthing classes and maternity clothes, to help to cover the loss of income that often comes with pregnancy, or to contribute to the cost of an abortion,” Motro writes.

Most states frame men’s pregnancy obligations as an element of child support or as part of a parentage order that takes effect after the birth of a child, she says. Motro suggests men should have financial responsibility even if there is no birth. “Former spouses are often required to pay alimony; former cohabiting partners may have to pay palimony; why not ask men who conceive with a woman to whom they are not married to pay ‘preglimony’?” she writes.

Motro considers, then discounts a criticism. “The most frequent objection I hear to this idea is that it will give men a say over abortion,” she writes. “A woman’s right to choose is sometimes eclipsed by an abusive partner who pressures her into terminating or continuing a pregnancy against her will, and preglimony could exacerbate this dynamic. But the existence of bullies shouldn’t dictate the rules that govern all of society. In the name of protecting the most vulnerable, it sets the bar too low for the mainstream, casting lovers as strangers and pregnancy as only a woman’s problem.”

But preglimony could deter a different kind of sex abuse, Motro says. Men who pressure partners into unwanted sex would be liable for the consequences. And men will also benefit, especially those who want to help but are turned away.

“Both partners had a role in the conception; it’s only fair that they should both take responsibility for its economic consequences,” Motro says.

 

[Sinnerman]

 

[DA_LURKA]

disgusting

 

[Mowgli]

What a demonic culture of men we have that treat babies like gnats that need to be swatted out of existence. I cant imagine what the next level of this brand of stupidity is going to be.

 

[TMillzy]

"I strap the rubber on tighter"

 

[kevm3]

this is what happens when you let these feminists run rampant... you get dumb leeches like this trying to implement nonsense into law.

 

[DaChampIsHere]

Different, but it kinda makes sense. The title is misleading however

 

[PartyHeart]

I would think dudes would like this. Do y'all just dislike everything whenever it concerns women?

 

[Sam Peel]

Different, but it kinda makes sense. The title is misleading however

it's the title of the article

'Preglimony' Would Make Men Financially Responsible for Pregnancies or Abortions, Law Prof Says - News - ABA Journal

 

[Sam Peel]

I would think dudes would like this. Do y'all just dislike everything whenever it concerns women?

If you’re going to make it a woman’s decision to get an abortion, than it doesn’t seem right to make a man who is against the abortion pay for it.

 

[FaTaL]

isnt there a dna test u can get before she gives birth?

 

[DaChampIsHere]

it's the title of the article
'Preglimony' Would Make Men Financially Responsible for Pregnancies or Abortions, Law Prof Says - News - ABA Journal

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Not your title. The title (of the article) makes it seem as if it's about to suggest that men take financial responsibility (100%) for pregnancies. The inserting of a "Partially" or "Co-" would make the objective clearer.

Author probably just titled it that way to draw people in.

If you’re going to make it a woman’s decision to get an abortion, than it doesn’t seem right to make a man who is against the abortion pay for it.

I kind of get that distinction though because even though it seems like a money issue for dudes, it's a money AND bodily issue for women.

 

[kevm3]

I would think dudes would like this. Do y'all just dislike everything whenever it concerns women?

Most states frame men’s pregnancy obligations as an element of child support or as part of a parentage order that takes effect after the birth of a child, she says. Motro suggests men should have financial responsibility even if there is no birth. “Former spouses are often required to pay alimony; former cohabiting partners may have to pay palimony; why not ask men who conceive with a woman to whom they are not married to pay ‘preglimony’?” she writes.

now why would being forced to compensate women when they are pregnant something men would love to do? what man wants to pay what is essentially child support before the child is even born?

 

[Mowgli]

Makes sense to me. I guess it hurts to buy into the murder of your own child. Demonic Blood Money.

 

[Angel On The Rag]

its always the woman's fault they get pregnant

yet they always complain

if they dont want to be pregnant

dont fukk

i hate this new bytch movement shyt is disgusting and males just line up for this victimization, it's so demonic friends