sandyclaus
Senior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
We have a debate going on in another forum I belong to, and I was hoping to get some other opinions - both professional and laymen's - on the subject.
A man and a woman are casually dating (not boyfriend/girlfriend, not steady dating, just friends with benefits). In the course of their casual encounters, the woman becomes pregnant. It is learned shortly thereafter that the pregnancy is an ectopic, which will not survive birth, and so the woman is required to have medical intervention to surgically terminate the pregnancy.
Does the male partner in this twosome bear any legal responsibility/liability for any portion of the woman's medical bills? In the scenario above (real story), once the woman told him that she had become pregnant, and that it was an ectopic pregnancy which she had to terminate, and that she expected him to pay for her medical costs, he (of course) disappeared and magically became unreachable.
My opinion is NO. I believe that unless / until the pregnancy results in the birth of a child, the woman is responsible for her own medical care. Others have argued that the man bears joint legal and moral responsibility to share in the costs of the medical costs. Can anyone give me any factual legal opinion on the matter?
TIA, as always.
We have a debate going on in another forum I belong to, and I was hoping to get some other opinions - both professional and laymen's - on the subject.
A man and a woman are casually dating (not boyfriend/girlfriend, not steady dating, just friends with benefits). In the course of their casual encounters, the woman becomes pregnant. It is learned shortly thereafter that the pregnancy is an ectopic, which will not survive birth, and so the woman is required to have medical intervention to surgically terminate the pregnancy.
Does the male partner in this twosome bear any legal responsibility/liability for any portion of the woman's medical bills? In the scenario above (real story), once the woman told him that she had become pregnant, and that it was an ectopic pregnancy which she had to terminate, and that she expected him to pay for her medical costs, he (of course) disappeared and magically became unreachable.
My opinion is NO. I believe that unless / until the pregnancy results in the birth of a child, the woman is responsible for her own medical care. Others have argued that the man bears joint legal and moral responsibility to share in the costs of the medical costs. Can anyone give me any factual legal opinion on the matter?
TIA, as always.