You must have issue picking up social cues if you fall for every sob story.
The one bad thing about Hacker News is how many sheltered, 1st worlders there are in here that think everyone that isn't happy is an innocent victim of society.
I'm tired of seeing women who openly brag about how they "popped someone's child to get their money" through whatever means necessary: "Oops" babies (intentionally missing birth control pills), faking pregnancy to have unprotected sex and even breaking condoms... but when the man leaves: she's a victim, poor her, what a scumbag.
This happens every day all the time in the real world. And state policy has to be made upon it, unless it is your desire for it to be abused.