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“consent to sex is not consent to pregnancy”
okay, let’s take that to its logical conclusion. [thread]
okay, let’s take that to its logical conclusion. [thread]
you play baseball in your backyard. you do it every week with your son. 99 weeks go by and then one week you hit the ball through your neighbors window.
your neighbor takes you to small claims court because they want you to pay for the broken glass.
Your argument is that you have no responsibility for the consequence of your action because it only happened once out of the 99 other weeks you played
the judge LAUGHS in your face
you know why? Because it doesn’t matter how likely or unlikely a consequence of an action is: you still are responsible. By virtue of playing baseball you accepted that it was a possibility however small that the ball could go through the window
Likewise a man can’t get out of child support by saying “Well I consented to the sex but I sure as hell didn’t consent to a pregnancy”
You would be laughed out of that courtroom and probably slapped.
You would be laughed out of that courtroom and probably slapped.
I get it. Pregnancy is hard! It’s hard. Any woman who is pregnant needs love and support, but that doesn’t erase her responsibility to the child she has created. The unborn child did not choose to be created and no one should have the choice to have that child brutally murdered.
while sex is something that you can choose to consent to or not to consent to: pregnancy is not. You can assent to an action happening, but consent always involves at least two people in a transaction. Biologically processes are *not* included.
consent cannot come from or be given to an unconscious person and consent cannot be properly applied to any situation, including pregnancy, until the receiver of consent can understand what is going on
So while saying “consent to sex is not consent to pregnancy” may be a catchy slogan - it doesn’t make you more or less responsible for the consequences of your actions
If you consented to an action ordered towards creating a vulnerable child - you are responsible for the creation of that child and therefore the care of that child.
