Last week, a Democratic state representative in Oklahoma introduced an interesting piece of legislation, which would’ve provided that a father’s financial responsibility to his child and his child’s mother begins when the child is conceived.
The representative, Forrest Bennett, is himself a proponent of legal abortion, but as he put it in a tweet announcing the bill, “If Oklahoma is going to restrict a woman’s right to choose, we sure better make sure the man involved can’t just walk away from his responsibility.”
Pro-lifers were swift to respond with a resounding, “Yes, exactly!” The pro-life movement, believing as it does that human life begins at conception, has long favored requiring fathers to support their children from that point.
See also: Life Begins At Fertilization