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.
Maybe the original bill was about “fetal personhood” but the current version sounds more like welfare for pregnancy. Being able to recoup costs of pregnancy after giving birth sounds like a great idea. Although we should have universal healthcare with no cost in the first place, but this is a step in the right direction.
Agreed, although there are other costs associated with pregnancy than healthcare such as extra food and supplies.