Pregnancy is the most beautiful and amazing thing that can be given,
these men should be happy they got to reproduce that is what sex is for


MCP wrote:
> http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/s/sacks/2005/sacks031105.htm
>
> March 11, 2005
> by Jeffrey Leving and Glenn Sacks
>
> All's fair in love, war, and paternity cases. When child support is
sought,
> there is scarcely any deceit that courts won't push aside under the
"best
> interests of the child" test.
>
> Courts have ruled that boys who were statutorily raped by older women
must
> pay child support. Courts have ruled that when a woman has taken the
semen
> from a condom a man used for sex with a different woman and has
inserted it
> in herself, the man must still pay child support. Courts have ruled
that
> when a woman has concealed her pregnancy (denying the man the right
to be a
> father) and then sued for child support a decade later, the man must
still
> pay child support. Courts have ruled that when a woman has deceived
her
> husband into believing that her baby is his child, he must still pay
child
> support. Few if any men are relieved of child support obligations due
to the
> circumstances of the pregnancy, no matter how bizarre or unjust.
>
> Recently, however, the Illinois Appellate Court took a step towards
fairness
> by ruling that an Illinois man can sue his former lover for emotional
> distress over her pregnancy. Dr. Richard O. Phillips alleges that six
years
> ago Dr. Sharon Irons secretly kept his semen after the two had oral
sex, and
> then impregnated herself with it. Phillips claims he didn't learn of
the
> child's existence until two years later, when Irons went to court to
get
> child support. Irons now receives $800 a month in tax-free child
support
> from Phillips.
>
> In last week's ruling the court stated that, if Phillips' story is
true,
> Irons "deceitfully engaged in sexual acts, which no reasonable person
would
> expect could result in pregnancy." The court reinstated Phillips'
lawsuit
> against Irons, which had been thrown out by the Cook County Circuit
Court in
> 2003.
>
> Unfortunately, the court couldn't bring itself to properly uphold
Phillips'
> reproductive rights, instead ruling that he must continue to pay
child
> support because "when plaintiff 'delivered' his sperm, it was a
gift.There
> was no agreement that the original deposit would be returned upon
request."
> Of course, in Phillips' version of events, there was also no
agreement that
> Irons would use his sperm to make a baby.
>
> Research shows that men are often deceived into paternity. A recent
poll of
> 5,000 women conducted for That's Life! magazine in the United Kingdom
found
> that 42% of women say they would lie about contraception in order to
get
> pregnant, regardless of the wishes of their partners. According to
research
> conducted by Joyce Abma of the National Center for Health Statistics
and
> Linda Piccinino of Cornell University, over a million American births
each
> year are the result of pregnancies which men did not intend. Jo
Checkley,
> the editor of That's Life!, notes:
>
> "To deliberately get pregnant when your partner doesn't want a baby
is
> playing Russian roulette with other people's lives."
>
> Phillips says he feels as if he's "being trapped in a nightmare," and
has
> had headaches and trouble sleeping and eating.
>
> If Phillips' story is true, Irons has committed one of the most
damaging
> acts a woman can do: knowingly create a child with an unwilling
father. The
> Appellate Court acted correctly in allowing Phillips to take legal
action
> against the person he claims deceived him in such an important,
intimate,
> and emotional matter.
>
> This column was first published in the Houston Chronicle (3/6/05) and
the
> Ft. Worth Star-Telegram (3/9/05).
>
> Jeffrey Leving & Glenn Sacks
>
>
> --
> Men are everywhere that matters!



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