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In reply to the discussion: Men forcing women to become pregnant against their will... [View all]cynatnite
(31,011 posts)32. It's a form of rape, IMO...
It's an invasion of her body.
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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