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insemination and responsibility (please avoid if offended)


Warning now: this post involves things of a sexual nature.
The intention is not to offend or cause fights, but to create discussion of an interesting topic. And there is zero politics in this. Only societal stuff.

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Carry on, if interested....

So, this conundrum hit me:

If a guy and gal have consensual sex, and she becomes pregnant (and here is where my known law ignorance comes in!) I presume he is now legally and financially responsible for a baby (assume no abortion).

If a gal chooses on her own to get artificially inseminated desiring to be a single mother, with some selected sperm, the baby is solely her legal and financial responsibility. They don't track down the donor and force him to be legally responsible. Far as I know.

With the above equation, COULD a gal legally CHOOSE to have consensual sex, informing the guy, she just wants to become pregnant (same as insemination) but NOT have him be legally and financially responsible for the coming baby?

Do you see what I am saying? Any legal hurdles to that?

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There is no answer to this question - especially in the USA where the laws will probably vary state by state, and possibly by county. Even if there are papers signed and a child is born following any of the scenarios above it's quite possible a lawyer would try to find a way past them - for example by representing the child itself who was not party to any original agreement.

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