"And who's going to teach the babies of the teenagers to abstain?"
Or at least use protection. Either method would've prevented these children from being born. Regardless, I'm glad they all "Chose Life".
But this is a timely topic, given how heated the topic of abortion can be.
If it's ever outlawed in this country, expect LOTS of similar stories to pop up. Do we, as a society based on Christian values, turn our backs on young, unwed mothers? Or do we try to assist them? It's unrealistic to hope that no unwed teens ever get pregnant. It's not Christian to throw those that do out on the street (Mary herself was unwed at conception!). It's foolish to assume that all parents will be as effective and caring as mine were/are. I think some sort of assistance is necessary.
(Note: None of the above is directed at you personally - just me thinking aloud)
The only sensible thing to do is deny them all government assistance. NOT A DAMN DIME. They either raise the children by themselves with their parents assistance or give the kids up for adoption or an orphanage. If we continue to assist these horrid little monsters in spawning the future criminals of the world, there will be no end to it. Stop rewarding the behavior and the behavior will stop. It's the only way.
Abortion is very, very, very widely available in the UK, so your comment is totally off the mark.
These girls are getting pregnant because they want to have babies because they want the checks in the mail every week. Pay a teenage girl with no morals $12,000+ a year to get knocked up, and what do you suppose happens?
I appreciate your patience of me. My concerns are what happens to these babies years from now? If the mother and daughters were not responsible enough to prevent the many pregnancies, who's to think they'll care enough to put the babies up for adoption, the greatest effort.
The lesser efforts are to teach them and care for them, which isn't 'likely. These babies are going to grow up neglected, possibly abused, terrified of life, poverty, lack of education.
Surely sometimes no life is better than being locked in a closet, fed table scraps, made to lie in their own excrement, thrown out in the streets, begging, prostitution, incarceration, thievery, drug addiction, alcoholism, starvation, sleeping on bug invested, fetid mattresses, under boxes, foraging for food in dumpsters,....
Somewhere right now a child is hurting, crying, scared. It breaks my heart.
What?! Yeah, Mary was unwed at conception, but not because of any irresponsible behavior on her part. She was a VIRGIN. And she didn't get any "welfare." Joseph took care of her, (once he learned that she was pregnant due to a miracle, and not because she'd slept with some other guy.)
Anyway, as for these three little sluts and their idiot mom...if it were up to me, I'd cut off all of their welfare benefits immediately. (The nerve, complaining that their FREE house isn't big enough!!) They'd have the choice of quitting school and getting jobs or giving up the babies for adoption. Period.