Illegitimate child question?

Question

So no one thinks the child has a right to know who the father is? When all the other kids are writing fathers day cards in school are they suppose to say I don't know who my father is?

Answer 1

No there should not be a law that requires a mother to name the father! There are women who have been in a violent relationship who get out to save their unborn baby, why should they be forced to name the father and live a lifetime of fear for their safety and their babys safety. If a woman has slept with 2 or 3 men then once again no she shouldn't be forced to name those men. In the western world we do not have the MORAL POLICE. I named my daughters father on her birth certificate and 5 years on i still have the fear that he will find us and hurt her. I am having my second child and have no intention of naming the father. YOU ARE NOT THE MORAL POLICE

Answer 2

i purposely left the father of my daughter off of her birth certificate due to the fact that I was on medicaid when i delivered and they would've came after him for child support and half of my 82k hospital bills. all the while we were together and I have since ammended the birth certificate and added him to it.  

Answer 3

okay a fathers name is not put on the birth certificate unless he signs the paper at the hospital so there talk to the men and see whats going on they have unprotected s*x with women then have doubts and fears and dont sign sometimes may not even show up as for the women who dont know weel we are here to reproduce so who are you to deny that with or without a father present whether its known or unknown a child will be born  

Answer 4

A father is a person who sticks around to raise the child and provide it with the things it needs not just physical things but emotional as well. Thus saying my father isn't on my birth certificate b/c he left my mother when he found out she was pregnant just b/c he's my "biological sperm donor" doesn't mean he's my father or give him the right to be identified as such.Adding the father to the birth certificate also gives the father more rights.If mine was on the certificate it would give him the right to take my from my mother whenever he wanted and it wouldn't be kidnapping b/c he'd be identified as my father.

Also what if a woman's raped and got pregnant she wouldn't know who the father was. Would this mean she's unfit to raise the child? The human view is well that's different it wouldn't be her fault. But if a law was made human views wouldn't matter the law  would have to be carried out.

Answer 5

Some men don't deserve to have there name on the child's birth certificate, and it doesn't mean a women doesn't know who the father is maybe she just chose not to put it on there, I chose not to put my son's fathers name on his birth certificate as he left me for my best friend when i was pregnant and has nothing to do with his son so no he doesn't deserve the right to be on the birth certificate.I think your just talking about one set of circumstances and sometimes this isn't always the case

Answer 6

I think that this is an indivdual choice that depends on certain circumstances, different for each one.

Answer 7

Do I think she should have to identify the father or possible fathers? Absolutely.

Do I think that just because she doesn't know who the father is, she should have to give the child up?  Of course not, that would be incredibly stupid.  Being promiscuous doesn't make you a bad parent.