It's true that payments from one source diminsh the amount she gets from another.
I remember when this girl got pg last year. There was lots of support, but it was coming from the wrong people.
These are bandaids on the problem.
The goal, imo, should be to prevent these pregnancies from occuring in the first place. No pregnancy, no problem. Birth control works when used. Abstinence is another choice, but abstinence depends upon strength of character. The ones conceiving are't usually the strong ones.
The second tier should be psychological deterrence in the form of state imposed child support payments for Poppa.
That should take some of the wind out of his sails. As long as we as a society continue to enable fathers to shirk their responsibilities, we are going to have these problems.
This is simply common sense.
I especially like the part where he made her pay for the motel room -- a real classy guy. /sarcasm. Our society enables irresponsible men to be freeloaders and foolish women to be dependent on welfare. You know the children will have a minimal existence, be malnourished and likely feeble-minded as a result. They will be lucky to graduate from elementary school and will wind up involved in crime and drugs. The welfare/prison system will support them for the rest of their short and brutal lives. This is far from the Murphy Brown fantasy that the feminists tell us is the normal experience for unwed mothers.
BC does not always work and should NOT be relied upon by teens who are definitely unable to provide for offspring. BC is fine for adults who realize that it might fail and are prepared for that eventuality.
As for abstinence, these unsupervised kids don't even have anyone who cares about them patiently and forcefully telling them why it will be far better for them to keep it in their pants. Instead, the people they most respect (best friends, rap stars) are telling them to do it all night. Abstinence doesn't stand a chance in that environment. And no one cares enough in their families to even make it a POINT to encourage abstinence. How could they? I see these kids at the malls or shopping areas. No parent is in sight.