OK. Right off the bat. The "reporting" of this has been out and out deplorable and I am in no way surprised that it appears to be 2 media agencies in particular leading the witch hunt and stoking the fires of outrage.
This is a personal matter and should have been between the mother and the father but seeing as it is out there in the ether I'll put my own 2 cents in on this.
If Cartwright didn't want to be at the birth, as far as I am concerned that is his right.
If he does not want to be involved in the raising of the child in so far as being physically present in the child's life then that is his right as well.
“Lou made it very clear to me that if I kept the baby I could expect only minimal support from Bryce."
As far as his financial obligations a la child support, then he would have to have met them just like any other absent father would. Now, I don't know what sort of coin Bryce is getting paid by the Panthers and I am not entirely sure how child support works in terms of what percentage he would have to contribute but if he's only giving the bare minimum then that's a bit shit.
Bringing in the intermediary to broker the deal? Well, as far as I'm concerned that just shows what kind of bloke he is as far as not wanting to take responsibility for his actions.
As for the deal itself; he payed her 50 large to have an abortion?
In my opinion that makes his a f**king shit human being. I am 100% pro-choice and he shouldn't be using his position to pressure the woman in to anything.
Some might suggest that because I do not have a uterus that I am not allowed to have an opinion on this but f**k them.
It is entirely up to a woman what she does with her own body as far as pregnancy goes. You can get in to it with me as much as you would like about the rights of the child as well but for the here and now my position for any woman is that they should have control over what they do with their bodies.
Which is why statements such as the following REALLY BOIL MY PISS!
The 24-year-old former girlfriend of Penrith Panthers second-rower Bryce Cartwright, who has asked to be identified only as Miss X, had the procedure in November because she felt Cartwright and club intermediary Lou Zivanovic left her no other choice.
“I felt I had no other option than to get rid of the baby, the pressure was relentless,” she said. “I was bullied by Bryce and Lou. They showed no compassion towards the baby and me.”
“I don’t believe in abortion, that’s what I have said the whole time. I told Bryce and then Lou again and again that I understood his feelings, but that we had to find some way to meet in the middle because even though he didn’t want a baby, I didn’t want to get rid of the baby.”
She also wrote a letter of complaint to the club but “have yet to hear back”.
Seeing as I've already talked about PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.... what about hers?!?!?!?!?!
Guess what, lady? You DID have a choice! And you made it!
“From the start he said he didn’t want to be a father, or to have anything to do with the baby and I respected that and thought I would do it alone,”
If you were willing to be a single mother, then more f**king power to you. It says more about you than it does about him.
I understand that taking responsibility for one's own actions is a frightening concept for some people these days but saying she was "pressured" in to having an abortion because she had no choice?
Sorry, I'm not buying that for a second.
I am not a perfect human being. I'm not trying to hector or lecture but FFS this whole thing is practically 2 kids who are not prepared to face the consequences of their actions.
Miss X said she finally agreed to the termination because she lost confidence she would be able to support herself and a child.
Yes, it takes two to tango and there's a screen cap where she talks about him not wrapping his old fella but they are both equally culpable for their shared predicament.
Look, I love busting a nut as much as the next bloke but if you don't want to get pregnant or be a father but still want to enjoy the pleasures on intercourse then take precautions. If you don't think you can do it alone then you have options.
She said she had no desire to hurt Cartwright.
Guess what? You've achieved the exact opposite of your desires.
She has since given the money to charity.
“I was full of regret and wish that I had never taken the money. That’s why I gave it (the money) all away. That was the only blessing that came out of this.”
I'll choose my words very, very carefully here.
I am pretty sure that this woman was reported as being an concessional employee of Channel Seven?
Remind me how much the same network paid the fella who filmed Mitchell Pearce and the dog? 6 figures wasn't it?
It would not surprise me in the least if it came to light that they also paid this woman for her story.
In short, Cartwright is a questionable human, the "reporting" of this, especially by those parasites at Channel 7 has been reprehensible (and has nothing to do with them in the first place) and the woman, while I understand her wanting her anonymity as I imagine she would have a hell of a time if people knew who she was, needs to be held accountable for the choices she's made.
