Castrate men who don’t pay child maintenance

I write to support Cllr. Noel Collins (Irish Examiner, Letters, July 22)

The boyfriends, of course, are jointly responsible for these pregnancies, and go in hiding when the baby arrives.

My daughter was one such ‘victim’ and when I approached the parents of the boyfriend, as to the question of maintenance for the upkeep of mother and baby, they frowned at the request and roared how dare I accuse their son of such an act, adding “our son is of Christian living and would not be into such scurrilous promiscuity.”

God help the poor unmarried mother. If these darling sons cannot control their sexual urges and are not prepared to pay maintenance money, then the only alternative is chemical castration. It’s painful — but let the penalty fit the crime.

Johannah M. Mullarky

Castlemartyr,

Co. Cork