Yes, I am slightly emotional when it comes to someone writing an article placing blame on the women alone. I understand what comes with being single and raising a child. At the time I had my child, I thought the father would step up and take responsibility, but he didn't. I stress to my daughter the serve consequences of of unprotected sex. I use myself and our life as the prime example. Most guys lies and tell you that they love you, throw some big guilt trip at you as to why you must have sex with them, and then once they get what they want, they move on to the next girl. She has observed this as well as heard it from me. My daughter is 11! I already have to talk about sex because this society is so obsessed with. She has gotten her period already, and a 1 second action could turn into a 18 hard years of raising a child alone. Alot of girls have sex to try to compensate for the missing father. For some type of affection. These are serious issues that I have to pay attention to because the man bailed out on his child. Should I have had an abortion so we would have such a catasophe? Absolutely not! I had that choice. My family disowned me. I had to go to a girl Maturnity Home, and I haven't dated or been out since I have had her. This was my choice when I first heard her heart beat at 6 weeks old. I love my child and I am raising her. She is not in the foster care system. I know the stigma associated with being a single parent. Face it all the time at church, at work, and in social aspects of my life. I don't need people rubbing my face in the fact that I choose the wrong guy to consumate with. I didn't know the real him until it was too late. And that's what his other childrens mothers have stated as well. But this experience has made me stronger, made me appricate life more. God does not give a person more than they can bare. There was a reason I had this child. She was my blessing. I did not go out and make more babies after her birth that I couldn't raise, and my choice in men is jaded because of this. I am very wary. That's why I don't date. I ask myself the question, if I should become pregnant at sometime, would this person stick around? Is he capable of providing for the child, and most men in my age frame prove the answer is no.