Reply #55: I agree with part of what you have said but I also believe in

[CTyankee]

personal responsibility. I don't believe men should be persecuted and unfairly kept from their children; that's wrong. I don't know any women who do that but I do know women who thought they had a loving father for their children and then got left out in the cold. Adults should be adults. The state does not have that responsibility.

I believe in more state support for families, yes, absolutely. More paid leave, family leave, vacation and sick time. Universal health insurance, higher minimum wage. All of that. Things would vastly improve for both men and women under that system.

Here is the problem I have with this: If a man truly feels he should not be a father, he cannot fulfill the financial obligations of being a father, then he should be honest with himself. Fatherhood is not for him. Why create a life if you simply want to walk away from it (this is assuming he is not unfairly treated for visitation rights)?

AT some point people have to grow up and act responsibly. If you don't want or can't deal with a child you have no business having one, male or female. When I had my 3 children, I raised them and cared for them. Is there a better way than that?