text: In an ideal world I agree with your thoughts. But we do not live in an ideal world. Not all parents are equal. Not all situations are the same. While the ideal family would be the place to turn with major choices to make this support network is not always there. So enacting laws that say it will be this way and no other does not fit with reality. As always, in a free will universe, choice should be up to the individual most effected and the law should reflect this and trumps fundamentalist Christian philosophy in America. In God we trust but He trusts you to do the right thing following your own beliefs.