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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Ultimately it's not about the right of the poor to have kids or be irresponsible - it's whether they have the right to have their irresponsible behavior and also receive taxpayer funds without any accountability or strings attached toward more socially responsible behavior. [/quote]

I'll ask the question again. Do you have any evidence this is happening?

When Florida implemented a requirement for drug testing as a condition for receiving public assistance, it turned out to cost far more to run the program than the program actually saved - because far fewer public assistance recipients were actually using drugs than anyone associated with implementing the law actually believed. (Academics and others who actually did research in this area warned the Florida legislature that this was actually the case, but since when has any legislature actually let facts get in the way of a law their constituents believe should be enacted?)

So, since your presumption (so far unsupported by any evidence) is that it will save the public money if those receiving public assistance are required to be on birth control, do you have any evidence to support your position that (a) this is a problem, (b) that this proposed solution will actually address the problem and (c) that this proposed solution will cost less than the problem does in the first place?

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