Should woman on welfare be required to be on birth control?

Mike01851 wrote:

I think paying a $10,000 bonus to undergo voluntary sterilization would work. The welfare system would come out way ahead in the long term.

That makes sense, but make it $1000. These losers will jump at that.

MS is not hereditary. Do your research.

TBug wrote:

MS is not hereditary. Do your research.

Being a useless P.O.S usually is. You do not deserve happiness in your life.

TBug wrote:

You know... I understand the point most of you are trying to make. But what about somebody who is physically unable to work. I'm going through this right now. I would love to have another child but was just diagnosed with MS. I will likely lose my job, my health insurance, everything. So should I not be allowed to bring another life into this world because we will be living off of social security disability checks and probably medicaid? If I have a support system to care for my child when I'm unable, and am able to put food on the table (yes with partial foodstamps) why does that mean I cannot be an excellent mom and raise a child who may find the cure for cancer one day??? Not all people on welfare choose to sit home and do nothing. Some are incapable of holding jobs due to issues beyond their control.

I am sorry, and I feel for you, but you cannot expect other people to support you and your children. That is exactly what being on Welfare means, tax dollars that people who work have to pay go toward this. It is sad if you have a physical issue, and I don't think being on welfare defines someone as being a bad mother. But again the mentality that you should get assistance for this is ludicrous.

I don't believe in welfare for anybody but the blind and truly handicapped.

Welfare should be temporary, during which time recipients should be required to do something like job training or furthering education that will give them job skills or enhance their existing ones. It should not be a lifestyle, because that is a disservice to the resulting children. It's also important to distinguish between those recipients who temporarily use it but go on to live productive lives, and those who try to remain on it as long as possible. I personally know former welfare recipients who later became police officers, court reporters, and businesswomen, so it does NOT have to be THE defining aspect of one's life. I don't look down on folks who are in an economic crisis through no doing of theirs, people who are unable to work through mental or physical handicaps, or young girls who get pregnant. People who deliberately choose to game the system deserve harsh criticism, but not folks who are disabled or ill, pregnant at a young age because of ignorance or being exploited by someone older, or people whose lives have been upended by a crisis not of their making.