In Alabama, where lawmakers banned abortion for rape victims, rapists' parental rights are protected

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5. Unfortunately, that's all too common.

Here on DU, several years back, someone posted about a young woman she knew, perhaps her daughter, who'd been raped and become pregnant and chose to have the baby. She wanted to get child support from the rapist, but he then wanted to have contact with the child, which she absolutely did not want. So she was struggling to support herself and her child with no financial help from the SOB who'd impregnated her.

Personally, I think all men who father children should be on the hook for child support through four years of college. I get angry at the men who self-righteously withhold child support because they don't like the way the mom is spending the money, or she has a boyfriend, or, supposedly, withholds visitation. Too many many use those as excuses to abrogate responsibility. Yeah, not all women are angels about this, but men need to be held responsible.