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Created on : Thursday, April 13, 2006, 01:22:17 pm

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(Original Air Date: 04/21/06) Being a parent is hard enough, but what happens when Mom and Dad can't agree on how many kids to have, how to raise 'em and how to get ‘em to sleep? Sometimes, it can lead to an all-out baby war! Matt's baby battle ended up in front of a judge and made headlines. He was ordered to pay child support for the baby he had with his ex-girlfriend, but he says he shouldn't have to cough up the money because she told him she wasn't able to get pregnant, and he told her he didn't want to be a father. He, his attorney, and the director of the National Center for Men discuss the lawsuit they filed, known as “Roe v. Wade for Men,” arguing that men should have a constitutional right to avoid fatherhood. Next, Dan says even though he and his wife, Lisa, already have four children, he wants just one more. Lisa has been pregnant on and off for 11 years and says she's closed for baby business. Will Dr. Phil help Dan see Lisa's point that four is enough? Then, a frustrated husband is camping out on the roof of his house and living in a tent. He refuses to go back to his bedroom until his wife moves their kids out of their bed and starts paying more attention to him. Can Dr. Phil get him to come down the ladder? Plus, a sleep expert has a simple method for getting your child to sleep through the night. See the plan in action! Share advice and talk about the show here.

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reneyoung

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July 6, 2006, 1:21 pm PDT

07/06 Baby Wars

This man Chose to lay down and sleep with this woman. If he wanted to not have children he should have been responsible and wore a condem whether or not what she said about not being able to get pregnant.

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albsmd

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July 6, 2006, 1:21 pm PDT

The Man Pill

If Matt truely did not want to become a father he should have don't what millions of women do and gone on the man pill... believe it or not is is out there. Just another safeguard of his "reproductive rights".

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katncrack

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July 6, 2006, 1:22 pm PDT

You Did It You Take Care of It

Men who have sex have a chance of having a baby at anytime. If you are immature and can't accept your responsibility don't expect other people to sympathize with you. How absurd.

And these choices that women have? It's not like a simple multiple choice thing.

This person should be re-educated on his responsibility as a man.

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aerwin

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July 6, 2006, 1:23 pm PDT

fathers

I think the man on the show today was crazy. He made the choice to have sex and I think even if he is a young man he still knows how the birds and the bees work. It was his choice to wear a condom. Obviously he was confortable enough in the relationship to stop wearing them. I feel men are given the same rights, he had a choice and he gave it up when he choose not to wear the condom. Having two children myself I can't imagine not being in their lives. It will be his loss all the way around.

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hooplehed

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July 6, 2006, 1:23 pm PDT

2006 and still neanderthal

It would appear things will never change.....educated, privelaged, enlightened, industrialized and yet...when it comes to sex.....dahh. All seems to revert back to simple animalistic gratification. Men didn't have the desire to be fathers then and apparently this one not only doesn't want to be a father, but needs the assistance of the legal system to make it seem that he is less of a looser.

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dissedvet

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July 6, 2006, 1:23 pm PDT

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ABOUT MONEY?! She's probably doing all she can just to keep the baby fed and taken care of, let alone herself. It takes A LOT more than MONEY to raise a child!!!!!

I highly doubt that, considering all the Government programs available that come to mind (WIC, which stands for Women, Infants and Children, is just one). Read the Mondale act. Read the Social Security Act. Take a close look at the tables that illustrate the billions of dollars allocated for these programs that provide support for mothers each year. And you wonder why Social Security is almost bankrupt...... Ask yourself why even though all taxpayers contribute to these programs men are denied services by them (VAWA is just one). I guess because the media and the government have coined the phrase single mother and provided numerous support programs for them direclty and indirectly, there is no such thing as a single dad, just a deadbeat.

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July 6, 2006, 1:24 pm PDT

Woman's Right to Privacy

Regardless of your stance on abortion, the reason a woman possesses so many more rights relative to men, is a woman's right to privacy regarding her own body. It is the woman's body that endures the pregnancy, and it is from a woman's body that a child comes. "Fatherhood" for this guy is nothing more than an added financial responsibility; he is nothing more than a benefactor. Even if the woman had decided to give the child up, she still would have had to endure the pregnancy, and her body, being her property, is and should be completely under her jurisdiction, and no one elses. The act of sexual intercourse immediately forces the individual into many potential responsibilites, acknowledging the potential risks of pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and emotional attachment. There is no such thing as sex without consequences.

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July 6, 2006, 1:24 pm PDT

deciding not to become a father

I feel that the man who is going to court to try and get out of fatherhood needs to grow up and be an adult. He decided to fornicate with his ex-girlfriend and he would have prevented the pregnancy by wearing a condom. I think it is unfair of him to try to get out of paying child support. He should have thought about the consequences he would have to face IF she did become pregnant. I feel that he a very immature, ignorant BOY. He is not a man because he wants to deny the responsibilty that must be faced. I feel that he has just as much right as the mother does, but he knew what he was doing and he deserves to pay for the consequences. That's it...plan and simple.

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July 6, 2006, 1:24 pm PDT

07/06 Baby Wars

I feel that if you do not want children then don't practice what causes it. I feel that men will use anything to get off being a parent. Most women don't want to be a mother and grow up but at the same time it is up to us to take care of them. I feel they are just as guilty as us if they practice under any activities that causes pregnancy. Time to grow up and take responsability.

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July 6, 2006, 1:24 pm PDT

07/06 Baby Wars

I don't get that guy who doesn't want to own up to his deeds! Face it! you are the father whether you like it or not! But its probably gonna be best if he stays out of that child's life, considering the type of loser he is!!!!!!

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