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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Birth control must be free and actively offered to families in crisis levels of poverty.   How different things would be.[/quote]

Uhhh... you don't know much about birth control, do you?  It is free for poor people.  [/quote]
And you can’t force anyone to practice birth control.  I also find this line of thinking very insulting-that the solution to the problem is simply to make “less of them”.  Awfully close to what the racist Margaret Sanger was in favor of.
The solution is reinforcing morality and responsibility in families.  But that’s anathema these days.[/quote]

Serious question — how do we address the issue of poverty and it’s very negative effects when we have people who don’t take financial responsibility into account and/or don’t have any financial literacy or responsibility?  For example, the recent article in the Post about stimulus payments and whether they will actually help end poverty.  The article focuses on a DC resident who (I think) says she rarely made more than $12,000 a year, struggled to pay her bills, relies on charities to help her.  She is 32, has three kids (including 2 under 2).

I know plenty of people who make many, many multiples of what she earns who don’t think they have enough for three kids.  It is likely impossible to get out of poverty and help your three kids have a better life and future on that kind of money.  If we shouldn’t be saying “make less of them,” what’s a solution (and yes, I would prefer one that doesn’t rely on just continually taxing those who earn more for some form of wealth redistribution)?[/quote]

No its not "free" for all poor people. Can all women get an IUD for free and the follow up visits?  are their clinics located close to their homes. Has medical provider or social worker actually asked poor people about birth or suggested it?  It seems like a forbidden to tell people to use birth control or else you will be labled racist.  Trust me I don;t think the white meth heads in the rust belt should be having babies either.[/quote]

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