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You keep saying "more support". What exactly do you want? We already have WIC, food stamps, Head Start, etc. There are millions of single moms out there, far more than in previous decades. Some of these mothers are using the resources I just listed, and some have sufficient financial means to support themselves. That seems to indicate that there are plenty of women who feel that raising the child themselves is a viable option.

But we can just leave open a blank check. I have a responsibility to myself, my family, and the society. That means I utilize the resources that are available to me (roads, public schools, etc.) but that doesn't mean I get whatever I want, just because I want it. I live a comfortable middle class lifestyle. I would not be able to do that if I decided to have 8 kids, so I don't. [/quote]

Not the PP, but I would say:

1. Long-term paid parental leave (say, 12 months after a child is born)
2. High-quality, affordable child care until kids are school age
3. Accessible, affordable mental health care, including better options to treat substance abuse & addiction

Those three things would probably go a long way toward enabling women in precarious situations to parent their kids. As an added benefit, they would help a TON of people who aren't pregnant or poor or even female.[/quote] Personal responsibility. It is amazing how generations in the past managed to raise their kids... :roll:  :roll:  :roll:  Setiously, what the hell happened to feminism and women's liberation?  All I see anymore are a bunch of women want to be treated like helpless children.[/quote]

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Your foolishness does not even justify a response.[/quote]Ahh, the response of someone without a decent counter argument.  [/quote]

Want a response? Fine.

Clearly we have different ideas of what society's responsibility to itself is. Me? [b]I am a socialist. [/b]I believe civilized society operates best on a (mostly) level playing field - that is, when all citizens have access to certain resources. Parenting shouldn't be an insurmountable challenge for those with few resources (high personal income, strong social support, or acquired wealth). Providing comprehensive health care, childcare, and paid parental leave is, in my view, a way to ensure that individuals are operating from a place of choice and empowerment, not of desperation, in deciding how to proceed with a pregnancy. (Not PP who provided suggestions, btw.)[/quote]

If you live in the United States you don't live in a socialist country. So proposing socialist ideals does nothing to help the impoverished or disadvantaged.[/quote]

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