Posted on 06/17/2005 5:15:24 PM PDT by Lorianne
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA061505.1B.child_support.dc2fafc.html
Child support can make men honest
http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050614-111347-8821r
Very interesting!
The study seems silent on the possibility that it just means that potential fathers are using more birth control to prevent pregnancy.
Yes, or whether they are convincing the women to abort.
I hope it is the former.
There is only one thing that will stop out of wedlock births...or at least slow it up...social ostricism of the woman and man combined with ending any programs for unwed mothers. Let the churches and adoption agencies take care of them.
Or choosing hookers.
Social ostracism of women has never worked. That's how we got into the abortion mess we're in now.
We never tried social ostracism of men, only women and children.
This study suggest dual responsibility works.
Like it or not, women are the gate-keepers for society's morality. Being an unwed mother should not be a cause for celebration.
BTW, there never was an "abortion mess" until the left began pushing its "if it feels good, do it" mentality. Back-alley abortion propaganda is a scare tactic, not history...
Neither should being an uwed father.
Punishing the kids? That sounds like a good idea.
Hmm - later pingout.
How about no AFDC unless the mother and father were married and she becomes an actual widow?
Only a leftist could say that with a straight face. Of course it was intentional that stronger child support laws would lead to lower illegitimacy rates.
Yes, it is a scare tactic but it is also part of history. Wealthy women could pay competent doctors or leave the country for an abortion. Middle class/Poor women could either have the child and be ostracized and branded a "loose woman"...thus reducing the chances of her ever getting a decent paying job to take care of her child...or she could pay someone to perform an abortion....not necessarily a doctor, either. Let's see...will they choose bad, or worse?
How about not making the kids the pawns all the time?
Abortion, non support, ostracizing a child as a bastard ... all those do is shift the responsibility of the adults onto the child and making the child pay for the consequences of ADULT decisions. This is picking the weakest person to single out for punishment.
Sorry, I fail to see how punishing a child for being created is fair or moral. He had no say in his/her creation.
Make men personally responsible for the consequences of their actions and they'll use better judgement? Who knew?
(anyone but a liberal, that's who)
What a concept!
Wow - what an over reaction. All I said was no AFDC except to actual widows.
Apparently a large number of people need some incentive to stop acting like animals in rut.
There used to be orphanges and adoptions for children that were born out of wedlock if the women didn't want to raise them. Now adoption is so difficult and costly that many parents resort to spending tens of thousands for private adoptions through the classifieds, or just give up altogether.
One reason there are so many illegimitate children is the prospective rutters think that there's always welfare.
It's got to stop. One third of all births illegitimate is a shame to the nation. Children born to unwed mothers start off with a real handicap. It takes two to conceive, it takes two to raise a child properly.
I don't know how old you are, but when I was a teenager in the early 60's it was still considered shameful to have sex outside of marriage and to get pregnant before marriage. A little shame is needed, as well.
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