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What about parents who already have a couple of children when they discover the father is fying? Do they save some sperm so the widow can continue to have his children over the next few years and get more SS benefits?
I don't begrudge real families with children from receiving from Social Security survivor benefits (we need the benefits for support). The loss of my husband and the childrens' father is very real to us.
However, we must accept the consequences of death. If you die before you are married, you don't leave a widow. If you die before you conceive children, you are not a parent.

How totally absurd. At best this was no more than a dating situation, boyfriend-girlfriend. If you apply the same warped logic, why not allow all women who ever lost a boyfriend tragically to claim to be a widow entitled to survivor benefits.

No doubt Mr Lombard's parents are delighted to have a grandchild and to keep their beloved son's " legacy going,". Although I'm surprised that a granchild is necessary to keep "... us thinking about him and the good things he did.". Apparently, they aren't delighted enough or their son's legacy isn't important enough to them or the mother to support this child themselves but they feel it is important enough to all the rest of us to support that child.