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| subject: | Re: Sperm Theft` Ruling NOT a Step Forward for Men`s SPECIA |
Hyerdahl wrote: > MCP wrote: > >>http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/s/sacks/2005/sacks031105.htm >> > > First, in the article below, there is mention of law cases of "stolen > sperm" and yet ZERO cases are cited, leaving me to beleive that there > were none and are still none. If men want to sue in fraud, that option > has always been available to them, even when the damages are listed in > terms of emotional distress. :-) Go...go...go..but here, you're not > going where you vainly imagine you are going. > Once again idiot hyerdahl wants what she can not possibly have. It is impossible to PROVE something on a Usenet group. Here we can be who we want and say what we want and few, if any, can say otherwise. So dumbass hyerdahl simple demands what she knows is not possible. D. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>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 >> >> >>-- > > --- UseNet To RIME Gateway {at} 3/12/05 4:56:48 PM ---* Origin: MoonDog BBS, Brooklyn,NY, 718 692-2498, 1:278/230 (1:278/230) SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 5030/786 @PATH: 278/230 10/345 106/1 2000 633/267 |
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