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In reply to the discussion: Men forcing women to become pregnant against their will... [View all]MattBaggins
(7,904 posts)9. It may be possible to charge them legally
tampering with or withholding medicine or medical devices. Must be some laws against that.
If you did that to an elderly person or handicapped person you would be charged.
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even though this article was about the situation in india, we know that it happens here, as well
niyad
Jun 2013
#91
we made plans to marry - j.o.p. marriage. i was going to college at the time and was going to put
leftyohiolib
Jun 2013
#44
thanks i cried for days over that baby (s)he'd be about 25 now - the baby was just past the 1st
leftyohiolib
Jun 2013
#50
yea one day she went to the bathroom came back and told me she thought the baby died i asked
leftyohiolib
Jun 2013
#63
it wa 25 years ago and maybe im wrong about the length but it was a fucking shock to both of us
leftyohiolib
Jun 2013
#74
i didnt know she stopped taking them i did know she was using them but she didnt tell me she stopped
leftyohiolib
Jun 2013
#80
did you marry her? the difference is, you could walk away at any time. not quite the same
niyad
Jun 2013
#11
rigggght. and how many men are actually paying child support? in how many cases is it even
niyad
Jun 2013
#17
Are you for real? In Oregon, where I live, there are extensive penalties for nonpayment. nt
Poll_Blind
Jun 2013
#59
no i didnt she met someone with whom she shared a bitrhday and left me for him
leftyohiolib
Jun 2013
#31
no i couldnt walk away anytime - how dare you assume, without knowing me, that i would walk away
leftyohiolib
Jun 2013
#45
well if she tells me not to wear them i wont - i didnt care that she got pregnant i was more than
leftyohiolib
Jun 2013
#40
we were dating for about about 1.5 years (have sex all that time ) and she WAS on the pill bcause
leftyohiolib
Jun 2013
#86
please, men do it all the time and you know it. but keep up the "poor, victimized men" meme.
niyad
Jun 2013
#18
Men can be responsible for birth control if they are worried about becoming fathers
REP
Jun 2013
#62
yes just as women and i was fine with becoming a father. she didnt like condoms and didnt want
leftyohiolib
Jun 2013
#65
But you just said you were fine with becoming a father ... so I don't see how you were tricked
REP
Jun 2013
#71
well i didnt say i was tricked (although i was ) and when she told me i was ok with being a father
leftyohiolib
Jun 2013
#77
I can certainly understand the visceral and petulant desire to blame everyone other than oneself...
LanternWaste
Jun 2013
#64
of course, if a man is serious about never having children, there are vasectomies. condoms are
niyad
Jun 2013
#93
This is a serious issue. More and more states are reducing access to abortion.
redqueen
Jun 2013
#38
hahahahahahaha what a stellar organization of rich one percenters!!! (technically i am one too so i
galileoreloaded
Jun 2013
#57
so because this was a report about india, we are not supposed to care? seriously, indian women
niyad
Jun 2013
#96
A female acquaintence of mine recently headed off to a different state to do this to a man.
Poll_Blind
Jun 2013
#51
Okay, so you don't think women aren't forced to be pregnant against their will...
cynatnite
Jun 2013
#58
Perhaps you have a point. Maybe the women in the OP should have tubal ligation to prevent coercion.
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2013
#103
I wonder if anyone is surprised by the posts about "crazy" or "trashy" women as responses to this OP
redqueen
Jun 2013
#56
and the absolute lack of concern for the women's forced pregnancy is appalling. it's all about
niyad
Jun 2013
#95