Wendy
McElroy attempts to paraphrase Martha Burk: "The reproductive
rights and responsibilities of women and men are in direct conflict."
They are Wendy. They are also in league.
You go on and quote Burk: "if all babies were planned ... women
wouldn't seek abortions."
I think it's safe to say this is nonsense. Unplanned pregnancies are
but one of many reasons why abortions take place.
Wendy, Wendy: "According to PC feminism, the woman alone has the right
of choice in carrying a pregnancy to term while the man bears legal
responsibility for child support. Yet, in paying child support, he has
no guarantee of joint custody or even visitation rights."
I don't know what PC feminism means to you Wendy as you use it as a
sort of shorthand or riposte which I'm not privy to. It seems pretty
clear you are confusing two things. Single fathers turn your formula
on its head and renders it sheer nonsense. The laws that govern
support are not the laws that govern abortion.
Wise is getting
screwed. His kids are being screwed worse. And the court is supposed
to be looking out for the child's interest. Wise shouldn't be allowed
out of child support. But he also shouldn't be blocked from contact
with the child. This is not in the best interests of the kids. It's
obscene that a court would prohibit a family from discussing such a
huge issue. It seems reasonable that Wise should have had his support
burden lessoned to accomodate this new development and the fathers of
the other three should have been forced to pick up the slack.
Ms. McElroy, you are correct about discrimination against fathers as a
href="http://www.ifeminists.com/introduction/editorials/2002/
0604.html">class. Having some amount of experience in that realm
though I can assure you tying abortion into this equation is just silly
and really beneath you.
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