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In reply to the discussion: WTF: Republicans In This State Vow To Not Issue Birth Certificates To Single Mothers [View all]Retrograde
(10,143 posts)40. Or babies whose fathers died before they were born
As read the OP. even if a couple follow all the conservative family rules, getting married and all, but the father dies before the birth of the child - then there's no one to sign the birth certificate.
And why can't the mother be the main support?
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WTF: Republicans In This State Vow To Not Issue Birth Certificates To Single Mothers [View all]
Lorien
Feb 2016
OP
Birth certificates are not considered proof of anything when it comes to child support in this state
davsand
Feb 2016
#47
This is easy to fix have everyone of those women name one of these guys as the father.
Kalidurga
Feb 2016
#10
Illinois republicans are already the laughing stock of America by not passing a budget.
B Calm
Feb 2016
#16
I had a friend in college that told me how upset her mother was when she learned that
hollysmom
Feb 2016
#17
some sort of complex number--literally off the chart by now, unmoored from actual time
MisterP
Feb 2016
#48