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Measure allows parent to seek child support up to a year after giving birth to retroactively cover pregnancy expenses

The Republican-led Kentucky senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to grant the right to collect child support for fetuses, advancing a bill that garnered bipartisan support despite nationwide fallout from a controversial Alabama decision also advancing “fetal personhood”.

The measure would allow a parent to seek child support up to a year after giving birth to retroactively cover pregnancy expenses. The legislation – Senate Bill 110 – won senate passage on a 36-2 vote with little discussion to advance to the House. Republicans have supermajorities in both chambers.

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[–] Sodis@feddit.de 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

There are still people, that want to have kids at some point.

[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fortunately, most vasectomies are reversible.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz -5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Imagine the gall to look around at this world and be so blinded by, I don't know, narcissism, self-centeredness, hubris and think,"Yeah, what we need here is another fucking human."

[–] Plavatos@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Strongly disagree. Your position is that the current age-bearing demographic forego the experience of having children?

I don't think this is sarcasm but maybe I'm eating the onion?

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I forgot the name of the movement but some people think it's abuse to have children. Mind you this was years before COVID and the current wars, maybe someone else remembers them.

[–] Plavatos@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do you recall American sentiment on China's 35 year long One Child Policy?

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago

Most of the Americans I knew understood the reasoning behind it, but didn't like the Chinese bullshit of killing off a female child so that they could have a male.

[–] SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world -4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No civilized and intelligent being should enjoy bearing offspring as we currently do, anyway.

If the instinct alone is enough to overcome their reasoning, then they are not truly mature.

[–] Plavatos@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago

I think there's likely some zeitgeist in play here that younger generations know they can't afford kids. And I also imagine there's animosity there. While having kids isn't a prerequisite for personal joy (to each their own) it's often a tremendously enjoyable experience. So who should they turn to for being put in this situation: the generation that should really skip having kids, sorry....

Now, when I walk around stores on my day off and see homeschoolers with 5 kids I can agree with this sentiment: that feels stupidly selfish and excessive.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wow, I can u derstand some people might not want kids, but self-centeredness? It’s self- e entered to devote so much of your ti e and attention to someone else’s needs, for two decades of your life?

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago

You're not having a kid for the kid's sake. You're having to kid for your sake. Your self-centered sake. Not YOU, but like the general you.

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The world is better now than at any point previously in history (except maybe the 90s). The only reason things sound worse is that we have global news now.

What point is there in trying to make a better future if none of us have kids? Who are we trying to fix climate change for, our geriatric asses?

Kids are emblematic of hope for a better future -- that society can build and create something that we won't benefit from, but our descendants will. I'd go as far as to say they should be the mascot of leftism and progressives. Everything we do should be to give them a better world than we had. It's all moot otherwise.

[–] Plavatos@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

How is this down voted? You hit the nail on the head.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

Everybody, get a load of this take!