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The same could be said about women. They get pregnant and are entitled to child support.

It would for sure be an asshole thing to do, but men don't really have anything to gain by getting a woman pregnant right? If anything it's a liability (child support payments)

I think you'd be surprised how many out there just want to 'sow the seed' for the sake of it.

An abusive man can try to prevent a woman from leaving him by getting her pregnant.

Even if she leaves she'll have to continue to interact with him if he gets partial custody.

He can also threaten to make sure she has her child taken away if she leaves him and threaten to lie to the court about her fitness as a parent.

This works better if the local religion or government is anti abortion.

What would be motivation, though?