Measure allows parent to seek child support up to a year after giving birth to retroactively cover pregnancy expenses

The Republican-led Kentucky senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to grant the right to collect child support for fetuses, advancing a bill that garnered bipartisan support despite nationwide fallout from a controversial Alabama decision also advancing “fetal personhood”.

The measure would allow a parent to seek child support up to a year after giving birth to retroactively cover pregnancy expenses. The legislation – Senate Bill 110 – won senate passage on a 36-2 vote with little discussion to advance to the House. Republicans have supermajorities in both chambers.

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    8 months ago

    You can’t scream about equality yet want to keep a inherently sexist system that gives the woman ALL the power when it comes to birth and child rearing.

    Newsflash: human reproduction is an inherently sexist system that gives women ALL the negative consequences and responsibility of menstruation and pregnancy.

    Men have a say about whether to have sex (barring rape where i don’t beleive men should pay anything) and whether to use contraception. As I said in my comment, better contraception that men are in control of is the solution. You can’t opt out of the consequences of your actions. For women the consequence may be abortion but that is still a consequence. Men would not have this issue if they took responsibilty for their fertility, but instead you want to put it all on the woman and call that fairness. Laughable.

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      8 months ago

      human reproduction is an inherently sexist system that gives women ALL the negative consequences and responsibility of menstruation and pregnancy.

      Which is why I’m fine with pro choice, but a woman’s choice shouldn’t be the only choice outside of her bodily autonomy.

      better contraception that men are in control of is the solution.

      Which currently doesn’t exist. There are some but besides condoms (which aren’t perfect) male contraception similar to the pill are still in trial phases. You can argue getting a vasectomy but considering the cost of things now getting elective surgery isn’t doable for most.

      You can’t opt out of the consequences of your actions.

      You’re making the exact same arguments as anti-abortionist. Rules for thee not for me. And considering it takes two ppl to make a baby BOTH parties are responsible for their fertility. It’s ewually both parties fault of a pregnancy happens

      I find it laughable that women can completely opt out of raising a child to the point France made it a constitutional right, yet a man has no say (in most cases) at any point from conception to the childs 18th birthday considering both parties are equally responsible. How can you be pro-choice yet make the state force a man to take care of a child they may have openly said did they did not want before the pregnancy?

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        8 months ago

        Ffs, they have a choice to have sex, sex carries risk. Grow up, use a condom and accept the reality that if you take the risk you take the responsibility. Biology isn’t fair and the woman has a choice due entirely to biology.

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          8 months ago

          Ffs, they have a choice to have sex, sex carries risk. Grow up, use a condom and accept the reality that if you take the risk you take the responsibility.

          I guarantee this has been said word for word during a protest outside of an abortion clinic.