It is the child. I simply can not understand why some want innocent children to pay the ultimate price for the sexual irresponsibility of adults. I do not want to appear too glib here. I understand that non-custodial fathers are often treated by the courts as if they were nothing more than cash machines, and pit one parent against the other in a never ending battle where everyone loses, most especially the child. I stand by my earlier column.
Men do have a choice.
And so do women. As such, both bear responsibility if their choice to have sex results in a child. Let's stop making children suffer for the choices that adults make. Dr. Wade F. Horn is President of the National Fatherhood Initiative and co-author of The Better Homes and Gardens New Father Book.