Measure allows parent to seek child support up to a year after giving birth to retroactively cover pregnancy expenses

The Republican-led Kentucky senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to grant the right to collect child support for fetuses, advancing a bill that garnered bipartisan support despite nationwide fallout from a controversial Alabama decision also advancing “fetal personhood”.

The measure would allow a parent to seek child support up to a year after giving birth to retroactively cover pregnancy expenses. The legislation – Senate Bill 110 – won senate passage on a 36-2 vote with little discussion to advance to the House. Republicans have supermajorities in both chambers.

  • Aviandelight
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    103 months ago

    I’d say it sets a precedent that a child isn’t a child until after birth. They don’t want to pay the bill without proof of purchase. Fuck these vermin.

    • @bitchkat@lemmy.world
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      03 months ago

      They generally can’t determine paternity until after birth. That is why its a retroactive assessment.

      • Aviandelight
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        63 months ago

        You can get a prenatal paternity test as early as 7 weeks however it is very expensive and most likely not covered by insurance.