In a recent wave of politically motivated state bills, Wisconsin jumps on the bandwagon. KFI News reports:
In Wisconsin, a state senator has introduced a bill aimed at penalizing single mothers by calling their unmarried status a contributing factor in child abuse and neglect.
“>Senate Bill 507, introduced by Republican Senator Glenn Grothman, moves to amend existing state law by “requiring the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board to emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect.
The bill would require educational and public awareness campaigns held by the board to emphasize that not being married is abusive and neglectful of children, and to underscore “the role of fathers in the primary prevention of child abuse and neglect.”
Saying that people “make fun of old-fashioned families,” Grothman — who has never been married and has no children — criticized social workers for not agreeing that children should only be raised by two married biological parents, and told a state Senate committee that he hopes the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention board, of which he’s a member, could “publicize something that’s politically incorrect but has to be said in our society.”
“Whether that leads to more people paying attention and having children after they’re married or whether that leads to some others making a choice for adoptions,” he said.
Not only is it outrageous, it’s quite offensive to imply that a parent, male or female, does not or cannot love a child as much or as well because they are not a biological parent or because they are not married. It’s simply the stupidest thing I have ever heard.
A third of all parents in Wisconsin are single. Given that single mothers far outnumber single fathers in the state and in the rest of the country, and given the emphasis on fathers being part of the solution rather than part of the problem, many people feel that the bill is tantamount to an attack on single moms.
“This bill is going to do nothing to help children avoid abuse. It’s going to do nothing to help families,” Democratic state Representative Chris Taylor said. “What this bill does is call out and chastise women who have babies who are unmarried.”
Amen.
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