Yea, I get that you’re specifically referring to the trans thing. But in that case, you’re just making the parent who already wasn’t going to win primary guardianship in Texas even less qualified, lol. My point was that being female-born will generally trump mental health as a qualifier for primary guardianship in Texas. So saying ‘the sane person gets the kid’ just isn’t so here.
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It is tough to draw this line without making women second class citizens with fewer rights.
I think it is interesting to think about this question. Should a pregnant woman be permitted to drink by the government?
In today’s way of thinking, I think it entirely fair to say that men should have no right to abort their unborn child either.
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Yes, and they are permitted to (at least in Texas, I don’t know if all states are the same on this), but this is a VERY interesting question that’s been largely ignored. Abortion can (and will) be made illegal following this supreme court decision when it becomes effective in a lot of states, but what do you do about things like this? Do the rules change by trimester, as the ‘science’ of pregnancy changes? How in the fuck do you enforce it? really interesting.
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Same here. I was more of a dog person lol. Didn’t really give a shit about kids before I had my own (2 boys).
Now I can’t even listen whenever something bad happens to a kid, even in movies.
I really don’t get how some people have kids of their own and show no empathy towards other people’s kids.
Another funny thing is how clearly I remember being their age.
Must be some inner parenting mechanism that makes you reminisc so that you put yourself in their shoes and be (try) to be a better parent.
Remembering being 8 years old and in third grade wasn’t something that was on my mind until my kid turned 8.
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If they are permitted to drink, they are permitted to do their own abortion.
If you don’t allow them to drink, it is starting to look a lot like women don’t have equal rights.
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A suspect can be charged with two murders if the he/she murders a woman during her pregnancy, therefore imo that means there are two bodies…i do not know what the time of her term needs to be in this case
I would assume you won’t be seeing investigations into every miscarriage, in any state.
You know, assuming abortion is an option, I somewhat agree in a way.
So, only the woman has the right to choose? The man has no say? Only responsability, but no rights?
She decides to have the child, guy has to pay and stfu.
She decides to abort the child, guy has to accept it and stfu.
Doesn’t seem right to me.
My first one came, huh, unexpectedly. Had she decided to abort, there would be nothing I could do, which is shitty, because I would be willing to raise him by myself if needed be.
Under current law, rightfully so IMO. The difference between this and the drinking example is that the suspect did something he didn’t have the right to do to either of them. I believe currently it would be seen that the woman has the right to drink regardless of what happens to the child, because she controls consent of the child while it is inside of her.
I wasnt contesting the drinking debate…it was about the abortion debate
What? Gen X did not invent porn nor did it create the inclusion of sex in advertising. Studio 54 was not a gen x hangout.
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I guess my point is this though.
If a pregnant woman gets plastered a lot, I think it is likely to be a self induced abortion.
Totally understand your point
I believe if we do a thorough investigation we will find that no state (or very few) prohibit a pregnant woman from drinking alcohol in excess.
But in Florida if the baby is born with birth defects and the delivery doctors believe that the mother carried that baby under the heavy influence of drugs and/or alcohol, they will contact the Department of Children and Families and the parents could very likely lose custody of their baby to the State. And then the rest of us will contribute to the raising the child.
I speak this from experience. My twin boys were taken from their parents in the hospital and given to a foster home. We began adoption procedures three months later. They both have learning disabilities.
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I’m really not trying to be edgy or sarcastic. This type of talk doesn’t register to me. To me, there are no “accidents” and “unexpected pregnancies”. Aside from rape, people have sex by their own volition. And babies come from sex. So how is the result “unexpected”?
They were praying for a crop failure.
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when birth control fails.
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen you trying to be edgy or sarcastic here, you strike me a genuine person, at least that’s what I get from your posts.
But you do understand that not every sexual intercourse is done with the intention of breeding.
You also understand that no contraception is 100% effective.
Maybe the word “unexpected” was wrongly used. Perhaps “unplanned” would have been a more suitable word?
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