[Xujhan]

Originally Posted by Kismet

Well, responses like yours make ME sick. These are teenagers we're talking about. Young people are notorious for making mistakes. They have already made their lives a million times more difficult by having a baby and now you want to punish them further by taking away their ability to ever have another child? Also, who do you think is going to suffer by not giving these mothers money? The innocent babies of course.

I understand that it's frustrating to see stupid teenagers getting pregnant and using hard-working tax payer's money, but you should also understand that people (especially young people, and even moreso in poor neighbourhoods like the one in this story) make mistakes. These teens are going to have to grow up now and life will be very difficult for them. The best we can do is try to help them get an education and better their lives for themselves and their children (which will prevent the cycle from continuing).

Thank you for saving me the bother of typing this exact post. Couldn't have said it better.

Originally Posted by Matthew

Teenagers in general make very bad parents. Not saying all do, but the large majority do. There's no point trying to 'educate' the parents after they're pregnant, the cycle will just continue (google it if you're not sure what I mean).
I stand by sterilizing them. They are a threat to the continuation of a strong human race. We've watered down to a weak, pathetic excuse of a "humanity" as it is. These "people" are making it far worse. We'd have been killed off decades ago if we hadn't already killed most of the threats.

We could always take the children off them at birth and give them to suitable parents. Put this way: the babies deserve better.

Careful there, you're starting to sound an awful lot like Guile. The threats to humanity come from humanity itself, and eugenics can only make that worse.