2010-01-19, 11:42 PM
There can be measures put in place to make sure that these laws aren't widely abused, and all those were stated in Eos's post.
Say a high school couple decides that they finally want to do it. They make sure that they're ready to have safe sex, and they do. The week before the two leave for college, the girl gets pregnant. Now the boy doesn't want the kid and to go to college to get a higher education, but the girl decides she'd rather be a mother; she wants to keep it. Well, the boy either has a much harder time in college or has to drop out to pay child support. How is it fair that the girl has the decision whether or not to keep the boy from college and an educated future? He should forfeit a higher education because of that?
Say a high school couple decides that they finally want to do it. They make sure that they're ready to have safe sex, and they do. The week before the two leave for college, the girl gets pregnant. Now the boy doesn't want the kid and to go to college to get a higher education, but the girl decides she'd rather be a mother; she wants to keep it. Well, the boy either has a much harder time in college or has to drop out to pay child support. How is it fair that the girl has the decision whether or not to keep the boy from college and an educated future? He should forfeit a higher education because of that?