[C19fan]

The beginning sentiment is fine in the piece but the author “recommendations” are as realistic as if he wrote an article about the ten best ways to find a unicorn. To be rather hard, the only way one is going to stop out-of-wedlock births is cut off all gov’t support for the mother and the child and I might as well be tilting at windmills.

[Aevery_Freeman]

the only way one is going to stop out-of-wedlock births is cut off all gov’t support for the mother and the child

Not even the "joy" of birth can deter women from reproducing - it's in the genes. Otherwise, they would just get an abortion.

Our government should presume that every child born out-of-wedlock was due to an immaculate conception and require no input from the state (separation of church and state) whatsoever.

< /SARC>

[DarkSavant]

Agreed. Current government policies only help create moral hazards that minimize the personal fallout done by a stupid decision.

Guess who ends up paying the bill?

[DarkSavant]

Agreed. Current government policies only help create moral hazards that minimize the personal fallout done by a stupid decision.

Guess who ends up paying the bill?

[DuncanWaring]

To be rather hard, the only way one is going to stop out-of-wedlock births is cut off all gov’t support ...

Out-of-wedlock births predate government itself.

Cutting-off government support would lessen them, though.