"The Roe v. Wade ruling of 1973 tells us that abortion is unilaterally a woman’s choice. She, and she alone, has the power and authority over her body and her baby. In other words, the man is irrelevant. OK. Does that not mean she has total responsibility as well? Logic says yes. But wait, there’s more. If she carries her baby to term but then doesn’t want it, laws allow her to drop it off at the local fire station — no questions asked — or put it up for adoption. The unlucky “sperm owner” has little power to protest her actions. But, once she decides to keep that baby, the sperm owner — actually, his wallet — is immediately relevant and responsible. Yes, for a woman, life is a cafeteria of endless options."
In the US, an average 40% of babies are born to unwed mothers. In England, the average is above 50%. Why? Two reasons. First, Hollywood makes movies like Juno and Knocked Up that glamorize teen pregnancy; a constant stream of unwed Hollywood actresses inappropriately “announce” their pregnancies and “show off” their baby bumps. Second, unwed mothers are eligible for welfare or child support: get cash for your kids. Neither was the case 50 years ago, when out-of-wedlock births were extremely rare and universally condemned. There is no doubt that, if welfare and child support for unwed mothers were outlawed, the out-of-wedlock birthrate would plummet.
Paternity fraud, a scheme in which a mother falsely tags a man as the father of her child, is rampant in the US. New Hampshire found that as many as 30 percent of men paying child support were, indeed, not the biological fathers of the children being supported. How could this happen if women are helpless victims and men irresponsible low-lifes? Mandatory DNA testing for all newborns would: 1) end paternity fraud, 2) virtually empty the family courts, and 3) slash judicial and child-support-infrastructure budgets — overnight.
"Even though a sperm must unite with an egg to create a fertilized embryo, at the end of the day, a woman is the goalie of her uterus: she decides whether a puck gets in, which puck gets in, and whether the puck stays in. Anyone who disagrees with this cannot become a US Supreme Court justice."
"Unmarried mothers must stop complaining that sperm owners aren’t committed fathers. Here’s a rule of thumb for every unmarried woman: if you have no wedding ring on your finger, assume the man with whom you’re having sex will not hang around post-childbirth. Let that sink in the next time you roll the dice with an innocent child’s future."
"Women have 20 methods of birth control from which to choose, according to Planned Parenthood. Women must stop passing the puck to men. Either men are equally responsible for pregnancy or they’re not. If they are, give them an equal say in all decisions about abortion, adoption, and custody. Otherwise, all unwed mothers should be totally responsible — logistically and financially — for raising their children."
"Until we mandate nationwide DNA testing for all newborns, any woman who perpetrates a maternity or paternity fraud on a man must be prosecuted, obligated to compensate him for emotional distress, and required to refund all his support money, plus interest."
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