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Now all that's needed... SkeezerRedux Feb 2021 #1
Does the same bill make men financially responsible for the child from inception to adulthood? bullimiami Feb 2021 #2
Take a wild guess... SkeezerRedux Feb 2021 #4
Are you suggesting that would make it okay? If so, you just don't get it. Towlie Feb 2021 #26
no. im not suggesting it would be ok. what im pointing out is bullimiami Feb 2021 #36
Yes, would the woman be ordered to pay child support treestar Feb 2021 #33
they go there but not all the way there. if they are going to legislate a child be born then bullimiami Feb 2021 #38
kick Demovictory9 Feb 2021 #3
I don't want to be within 10 miles when TNNurse hears about this. SkeezerRedux Feb 2021 #5
God NO! AmyStrange Feb 2021 #9
So you can get raped and then the rapist can veto you getting an abortion gollygee Feb 2021 #6
He'd have to prove he WAS the father first, but... AmyStrange Feb 2021 #8
Rapists are very often boyfriends or otherwise know the victims gollygee Feb 2021 #10
That's true, but he'd still have to PROVE he was the father... AmyStrange Feb 2021 #11
That the woman again suffers. nt gollygee Feb 2021 #12
Also, does it say they have to prove it, or can they just show it's likely? nt gollygee Feb 2021 #13
According to the bill, they sign an affidavit. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2021 #14
So anyone who signs an affidavit claiming to be the father can stop anyone from getting an abortion gollygee Feb 2021 #15
Well, it puts an injunction in place. A person can either follow the injunction or ignore it and get WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2021 #16
Thank you AmyStrange Feb 2021 #25
What if someone else signs an affidavit that say's HE'S the father and wants the abortion? AmyStrange Feb 2021 #29
What if the woman signs an affidavit saying he's NOT the father? AmyStrange Feb 2021 #21
Good question... AmyStrange Feb 2021 #18
Like MineralMan asked in another similar OP... AmyStrange Feb 2021 #7
According to the article, you just have to sign something saying you're the dad mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #17
What if the woman signs something saying he's not? AmyStrange Feb 2021 #20
Given the nature of the sort of assholes that write bills like this ... mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #22
Damn, I hate it when you're right! AmyStrange Feb 2021 #23
Just an idea, but... AmyStrange Feb 2021 #28
I like your thinking here ... but I don't think there's going to be consideration mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #31
I don't think it will either AmyStrange Feb 2021 #34
Interesting thought treestar Feb 2021 #32
Exactly AmyStrange Feb 2021 #35
This will continue until it is actively stopped...nt Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #19
And THE WAR ON WOMEN continues apace. I hate these women-hating gestational slavers. niyad Feb 2021 #24
"Fathers" shouldn't be in the headline nuxvomica Feb 2021 #27
I agree... AmyStrange Feb 2021 #30
Don't do it Cosmo Blues Feb 2021 #37
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