His mother must feel proud!

[Johnb0y]

www.independent.ie/style/sex-relationships/ask-brian-my-girlfriends-choosing-to-remain-pregnant-can-i-opt-out-of-being-a-dad-37387419.html

And his father bears no responsibility? I see.

So it’s his mothers fault? Nothing to do with his father?

This is what happens when people tout contraception and abortion as solutions to unwanted pregnancies. They aren't. Pregnancy and parenthood is a natural consequence of sex. If you choose to interfere with nature (as I do) by using contraception you have to accept that you may fail. As fir abortion, the purpose of abortion is to give women control over their bodies not to avoud parenthood. People, especially men (giving that they have very very little control beyond choosing to use condoms, withdraw or abstain altoghethe) need to be prepared to become parents of they choose to have sex. The pill and the sexual revolution have a lot to answer for. As nice as it would be sex never has been and never will be just sex. We should be reaching our children from a young age to approach sex with sensitivity and emotional maturity rather than viewing it as a purely physical act carried out hedonistically only for personal pleasure with no regard for your partners feelings and the possible consequences should contraceptives fail.

What about his father?

It’s ironic that while (rightly) castigating a man for being a shit person because he’s not stepping up to his responsibility as a father you appear to absolve his own father of any responsibility.

Racecardriver- I completely agree with you, that's very similar to what Anne Atkins wrote about years ago, I think her column was entitled something like the birds and the bees.