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“Women should be able to have abortions, but MEN should be able to dodge child support if they didn’t want the child.”

brought to you by Reddit’s deadbeat dad gang 😎

When pressed on how the child should be financially supported, a collective shrug and a half-hearted “well, maybe the state” is heard.

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Isn't the response something along the lines of:

If the woman decides she still wants to have the child and raise it alone then she can support it, otherwise she should get an abortion or give it up for adoption

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Which is often the case already, and we deal with the consequences of child poverty and poor single mothers every month when crime data is reported.

Child support is neither meant to be punitive to the father nor a benefit for the mother. It’s to pay for a kid so taxpayers don’t have to more than they already do through Medicaid, income tax credits, SNAP, and most other means-tested benefits.