A bill in the Kentucky Senate passed with bipartisan support allows a woman to ask for child support for her unborn baby. She can do so up to a year after the baby is born.
Senate Bill 110 passed on a vote of 36-2. The Kentucky Senate is controlled by Republicans. The bill now goes to the House. Republicans have supermajorities in both the Senate and House. The two no-votes were Republicans.
The purpose of the legislation is to allow a mother to receive child support while she is pregnant to cover pregnancy expenses. It is reasonable to expect the father of the child to share the financial responsibility.
Pro-life people believe that life begins at conception. The bill’s sponsor, Republican state Senator Whitney Westerfield, said that the overwhelming support for the bill shows that lawmakers understand that the father must help cover expenses over the nine months before the baby…
