[foxpaws]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

So what are you suggesting be done? Maybe instead of locking up guys for minor or "victimless" crimes they're allowed to serve a home sentence so long as it's shown they're taking care of their kids? How might that work? Obviously it wouldn't at all for any guys sentenced for serious crimes but for guys busted for selling a dime bag and given five years under "three strikes" or whatever? Maybe...

Or we could try educating the girls to try actually keeping their knees pressed together as a good start - and trying to eliminate the "go have a baby to fit in - everyone else is doing it" culture that seems to exist at some inner city high schools. Education is usually a good start.

Last I checked, it takes two people to have sex and it's pretty difficult to get pregnant without having sex so... Maybe focus on that whole "accountability" thing with BOTH sexes? you have to admit there's not a lot of reason for women to fear accountability for having sex when they know if / when they get pregnant they can just go after the guy and get "free money" anyway. In fact it's probably an incentive for some ("go get myself knocked up and get a free ride for the rest of my life"). Maybe less so in really poor neighborhoods but maybe not... Maybe the standards are just lower. Dunno.

So, are we leaving the moms are evil because they take all of dads money in the case of most teenaged pregnancy? Oh, no we aren't because you still actually believe this happens a lot in poor neighborhoods. If anything those girls aren't getting 'knocked up' to squeeze blood out of a turnip (the guys they are having unprotected sex with don't have any money-think, POP, think - I know it is hard with your brain turned to misogynist mush, but think this through) if they are purposefully getting pregnant (usually not the case) it is to get TANF and government assistance, not money from some guy who probably has less than they do.

I love the idea of less incarceration for things like minor drug offenses. You agree with me and Obama and Rand Paul.. interesting.

While it is great to preach abstinence, in reality, it doesn't really work all that well.

Also, did you notice in my source that although the US as a higher rate of teen pregnancy than most of the 'western world' that US teens actually have less sex. Our problem isn't really rampant promiscuity, it is lack of 'knowledge' and 'access' to effective birth control.

So, this is a problem, but also remember, teen pregnancies are down about 40% from their peak, things are starting to 'sink in', TANF restrictions do seem to be working (you don't get paid for more than 2 kids), and both education, along with easy access to effective birth control do seem to be making a big difference.