Samoan men must take responsibility for their children

The death of a baby in Samoa recently has sparked calls for a law to force men to take responsibility for any child they father, whether or not they maintain a relationship with the mother.

Reverend Mauga Motu, General Secretary Samoa National Council of Churches says the church believes men shouldn’t take their responsibility as fathers lightly.

Motu said it’s a must for every father to look after his child, and also to look after an expectant mother, if he is the father of the child.

He said he believes that it should be a legal requirement that the do so.

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