re: #525 realwest

Hi Sal - that was an interesting and thought provoking comment from you - as usual!
But I’m just curious here: in your scenario of the Stalker-Rapist, wouldn’t said rapist who asks for visitation rights also be held liable for child support?

What are they gonna do to him if he doesn’t pay; imprison him? He would already be imprisoned for rape. But he could petition the court to bring his natural child to prison for visitation rights. He could also, as the natural parent, oppose adoption, and indeed petition that the child be remanded to relatives, to be further remanded to his parental care when he finishes his sentence.

And I’ve actually never heard of a “stalker-rapist” though I’m sure that there are some truly bizarre, sick mofos who would be; but iirc, and no I don’t have a link, rape is a crime of violence more often than it is “sexual” (and that’s assuming those whatever they are called date rape pills are to enable rape for sexual pleasure) but regardless, if a a woman were to be raped, I’d fully support her right to an abortion should she want one, and not just in the case of incest.
FWLIW.

Forcing one’s target to bear your child against her will IS all about having ongoing power over one’s victim, and about abusing the machinery of the state in order to exert it. Including the power of coerced genetic connection.