*Ø* Blogmanac | Forced fatherhood a la Aussie
This is a big issue and all-too-common experience for men in Australia, whether the exploiters be lesbians or just women wanting a baby. Men are required to pay the woman 18 per cent of their gross pay -- equivalent to about 32 per cent of their take-home pay -- for 18 years. It will happen whether the male wanted a child or not, and regardless of any of the circumstances of the sexual intercourse, including what the woman told him at the time, even if she claimed to be infertile, post-menopausal or on contraception. I know from experience.
"A VICTORIAN man who donated his sperm in the 'usual and customary manner' - by having sex with a lesbian - has been found liable to pay child support.
"Despite the man and the lesbian couple agreeing the sperm donor would have no legal rights or financial responsibilities to the child, the Family Court found the man was responsible because the baby was conceived through sex.
"Had the father, known only as ND, supplied his sperm through artificial means, or had his child been adopted, he would not be liable for the financial rearing of the child.
"The judgment, which upheld an earlier Melbourne magistrate's decision that ND be assessed to pay maintenance, was yesterday labelled 'outrageous' by men's groups."
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Choice for Men: Forced Fatherhood & Reproductive Rights
This is a big issue and all-too-common experience for men in Australia, whether the exploiters be lesbians or just women wanting a baby. Men are required to pay the woman 18 per cent of their gross pay -- equivalent to about 32 per cent of their take-home pay -- for 18 years. It will happen whether the male wanted a child or not, and regardless of any of the circumstances of the sexual intercourse, including what the woman told him at the time, even if she claimed to be infertile, post-menopausal or on contraception. I know from experience.
"A VICTORIAN man who donated his sperm in the 'usual and customary manner' - by having sex with a lesbian - has been found liable to pay child support.
"Despite the man and the lesbian couple agreeing the sperm donor would have no legal rights or financial responsibilities to the child, the Family Court found the man was responsible because the baby was conceived through sex.
"Had the father, known only as ND, supplied his sperm through artificial means, or had his child been adopted, he would not be liable for the financial rearing of the child.
"The judgment, which upheld an earlier Melbourne magistrate's decision that ND be assessed to pay maintenance, was yesterday labelled 'outrageous' by men's groups."
Source
Choice for Men: Forced Fatherhood & Reproductive Rights
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