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Originally Posted by Azure
The father has as much responsibility, if not more considering the mother can't work in the latter stages of pregnancy and for a while after.....to look after the child, regardless of government support.
His argument, and mine as well to an extent is that why should the taxpayer be forced to support some teenager that was irresponsible?
Why should I pay for her abortion, and why should I pay to support her kid?
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Sorry to have to tell you this, but you are most likely going to have to pay whether you want to or not. You (as a member of society) can do preventive maintenance now and try to support the child enough that it becomes a productive member of society and pays taxes when you are old and feeble and need to be taken care of (partially by our society).
Alternately, you can let the teenage mother try to support the child on her own with very limited resources. I would assume that the chances of this child becoming a criminal are much greater. How much does it cost us to investigate crimes, and prosecute and incarcerate criminals? I would also assume that the chances of the child (and mother) having health problems requiring medical attention (paid by the state) would also be much greater. Finally, I would also assume that the child would most likely put much less money back into the government through taxes.