Reader Response
November, 2001
"When parents have problems supporting their children, we have different standards. We give mothers welfare and we give fathers jail."--Dianna Thompson, executive director of the American Coalition for Fathers and Children, commenting on a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision in the case of a 34-year-old man who owes $25,000 in support for his nine children. The court ordered the man not to father any more children until his probation ends in 2004. If he disobeys the order (or if a condom...
