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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.

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