Unborn Child Support Act

[Voluntarist]

Bicameral legislation introduced by Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA-04). The Unborn Child Support Act, gives mothers the ability to receive child support payments while they are pregnant.

Caring for the well-being of our children begins long before a baby is born. It begins at the first moment of life – conception – and fathers have obligations, financial and otherwise, during pregnancy. Mothers should be able to access child support payments as soon as she is supporting a child. Our bill makes this possible,” said Senator Cramer.

“Life begins at conception, and this bill is a straightforward first step towards updating our federal laws to reflect that fact. We are hopeful that Democrats will join this bicameral effort to provide mothers with child support payments while their child is in the womb,” said Rep. Johnson.

The Unborn Child Support Act allows a court, in consultation with the mother, to award child support payments while the child is still in the womb and retroactively up to the point of conception as determined by a physician. It also:

- Provides flexibility for mothers who do not want involvement of the father by not requiring those mothers to receive child support.
- Requires judges to consult with mothers on payment plans and gives mothers discretion as to whether or not child support payments will be awarded retroactively.
- Mandates that all paternity tests be at the discretion of the mother and not be conducted if the test would put the child at risk.
- Joining Senator Cramer and Representative Johnson are Senators Steve Daines (R-MT), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rick Scott (R-FL), Roger Marshall (R-KS), James Lankford (R-OK), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Marco Rubio (R-FL).

Whether a father is involved or not seems to be at the discretion of the mother. What about those fathers who want to be involved but the mother is refusing them that right? But there's also the flip case of fathers that don't want to be involved, and don't want to pay child support - I could envision cases where such fathers might intimidate/threaten mothers into refusing child support.

 

[acptulsa]

Bicameral legislation introduced by Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA-04). The Unborn Child Support Act, gives mothers the ability to receive child support payments while they are pregnant.



Whether a father is involved or not seems to be at the discretion of the mother. What about those fathers who want to be involved but the mother is refusing them that right? But there's also the flip case of fathers that don't want to be involved, and don't want to pay child support - I could envision cases where such fathers might intimidate/threaten mothers into refusing child support.

Let's throw in one more: How do you determine the paternity of a fetus? Whether the "father" is the father or not also seems to be at her "discretion".

RINOs. Dreaming up ways for law enforcement to screw us since 1861.

 

[ClaytonB]

As bad as things are in this country, this law would surely make them even worse.

 

[tod evans]

Bicameral legislation introduced by Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA-04). The Unborn Child Support Act, gives mothers the ability to receive child support payments while they are pregnant.



Whether a father is involved or not seems to be at the discretion of the mother. What about those fathers who want to be involved but the mother is refusing them that right? But there's also the flip case of fathers that don't want to be involved, and don't want to pay child support - I could envision cases where such fathers might intimidate/threaten mothers into refusing child support.

All issues involving children must include the father as an equally invested party when considering the claims/actions of the mother.

 

[acptulsa]

All issues involving children must include the father as an equally invested party when considering the claims/actions of the mother.

That's what the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 says about Indian children.

The County of San Diego doesn't give a shit. Federal law? Cuts no ice with them.

See, a father has to be able to prove he's the father (which is impossible before birth, of course) just to find out how many of his rights shall be systematically ignored. The government, on the other hand, can keep bleeding any man financially, even if he positively proves he's no relation to the child.

It's kind of like getting SWATted. Whether you actually did anything or not isn't relevant.