How come women have so much control over pregnancy?

SporkTornado · 2016-04-04T17:05:47+00:00

That's because our laws regarding child support are all leftover from an era where abortion was illegal, and reliable birth control didn't exist. All of our laws regarding child support and custody have not changed significantly between the 1940's and now. If a woman got pregnant in the 1940's she had basicly zero options other than to try to raise the baby. She couldn't abort it, and reliable birth control simply didn't exist. So it made sense to force the man to help support the baby he created.

KamiNekoSama · 2016-04-04T17:01:55+00:00

So my question is, why is the law like that, and why does it seem like no one cares about fixing or changing it?

Because nobody wants to touch that can of worms. Any attempt to balance it or make it fairer for men would only been seen as an attack on women's rights.

Title	How come women have so much control over pregnancy?
Author	mcbyington
Upvotes	3
Comments	2
Date	April 4, 2016 4:36 PM UTC (10 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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