DeSantis says men should pay child support beginning at conception

Flying Squid@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world – 178 points –
audacy.com

Apologies, I know it's a shitty website.

42

You are viewing a single comment

I want to see how this goes in court when people can't test paternity for months. You see it makes a decent headline but is neither applicable nor effective for government or citizens.

I want to know what happens in the event of a miscarriage. Is the man still on the line for child support?

Does life insurance have to pay out on miscarriage? Find ways to make rich people lose money with this and I'll bet you'll start finding solutions.

1 more...

I'm pretty sure this is just another step to make miscarriages punishable. If they can wrangle zygote personhood they can make any abortion both illegal and murder. They can then try to punish any women who miscarry.

2 more...

Kinda like that drunk driving child support law im Texas. Sounds wonderful until you realize said driver will be in jail and not making money

It wouldn't be much different from today.

Babies aren't tested the minute they're born. They get tested some time after birth and the father then owes the back child support. It would be the exact same thing, except the father would be on the hook for an extra 9 months of payments.

2 more...