[threeonefour]

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Hey azzholes,

Don't do the crime if you don't want to do the time. You're assuming the same risk as the woman when you have sex, protected or not. If this happens to you, you [censored] do what you need to do to keep the existence of a life YOU helped to create from sucking.

Anybody who disavows responsibility and walks away without looking back is a gutless turd.

EDIT: This is once you're absolutely sure the baby is yours. Taking measures to verify your paternity is perfectly reasonable.


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i think my point was more of along lines that 50% of the genetic material that created that child is yours. yet legally speaking, you have absolutely no say regarding that embyro/fetus/child/living thing until it is born (virtually). once its born, its basically you go from 0% say to about ~20% unless you can establish in court that the mother is a heroin addict.

in addition to ~20% voting rights, you probably are going to get stuck with 50%+ of the fiscal responsibility if you do the 'stand-up' thing.