The bill, which was introduced along with Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), would also require states to “apply child support obligations to the time period during pregnancy” at a mother’s request, which Jezebel described as effectively viewing embryos as children.
In the US, this is code for “unmarried mothers may sue to collect child support for fetuses from the non-custodial parent starting at the moment of conception”.
Each state has different codes for this, but at the
federal level “this statute prohibits individuals obligated to pay child support from crossing state lines or fleeing the country with the intent to avoid paying child support” … and “an individual is subject to federal prosecution if he or she willfully fails to pay child support that has been ordered by a court for a child who lives in another state, or if the payment is past due for longer than 1 year or exceeds the amount of $5,000. A violation of this law is a criminal misdemeanor, and convicted offender face fines and up to 6 months in prison.”
And, of course, this is what the Bradley Amendment (1986) was all about, which automatically triggers a non-expiring lien whenever child support becomes past-due, and overrides any state’s statute of limitations.
As much as I’m a big fan of child support and the government doing everything it can to help support mothers from conception and the resulting babies who are born through at least kindergarten, this seems like it’s going to result in a lot of men involved in one night stands (even with prostitutes) being sued to support the “baby” and the moment of the semen dump …
… which might actually help make more men in favor of both birth control and abortion …
Which seems like a Homeric self-own on the part of the GOP.
Which kind of makes Katie Britt, Marco Rubio, and Kevin Cramer the new heroes for promoting abortion amongst GOP non-custodial fathers. Especially if they don’t want to pay for unwanted pregnancies and like to cross state lines.
So … yeah.