Originally Posted by
cutterx2202
A cap is a great idea.
I'm more interested in ways to make the "options" fair to both.
Suggestion - a priority list:
1) If one or both of the biological parents wants to keep it, an abortion is illegal. If both want to keep it, normal custody talks begin. If only one person wants to keep it, it goes to that person after the birth. An abortion may only happen if both parties consent (even though any abortion is murder... I'll save that for another thread). For purposes of this argument, wanting a child to go up for adoption is the same as wanting to keep it until birth, but takes less priority if the other parent wants to keep the child. (So if one wants an abortion and the other adoption, the child may not be aborted, and must be birthed, given to the parent that wanted to keep/put up for adoption, and at that point may either keep or put up for adoption)
2) If custody is to go to only one of the two parents, (whether by custody talks or the other parent did not want the child) the other parent pays monthly child support capped at, say, $200/mo or 5% ($200 adjusted for inflation)(Idea from someone else). If the one to pay support is unemployed, they are relieved of payments for the duration of their unemployment.
This is looking at the majority of cases. Let's not be delusional and pretend all pregnancies are rape or a busted condom. Both parents consented to the responsibility of a child when they didn't wear protection and so both are partially responsible for that child.