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In what way unfair?
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 06:15:20 AM EST
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You could argue it is unfair for a man to get a monetary benefit (pay for a cheap abortion to save future child support) by having a woman undergo a traumatic medical procedure when she would rather have the child.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 06:20:06 AM EST
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Entrapment does happen. Germaine Greer had an interesting book out in the 80s about historical sexual habits which were based on deliberately getting pregnant so that a man would be forced to marry and provide support.

The issue of consent becomes as fuzzy as it occasionally does in rape cases. It's easy to be clear at the extremes, but it can get very fuzzy in the middle, especially if either or both people change their minds about what happened after the event.

That's not going to be a popular idea either, I suppose.

Maybe condom packets could come with pre-printed indemnity contracts which could be signed and exchanged in the presence of a lawyer before the condoms are used?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 10:33:05 AM EST
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