“ All mothers of illegitimate children are to be advised that should they have anymore children out of wedlock they shall be denied relief.
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From this article. So, the guy responsible for this is a republican and probably pro-life cause…well…aren’t they always? This goes to show what pro-lifers have constantly denied: that once a fetus is born they’re on their own and pro-lifers couldn’t give a shit.
The article is talking about a town’s investigation into welfare recipients basically looking into fraud to help the town budget. They didn’t find any evidence of fraud, so the guy, Joseph Mitchell, instituted a bunch of provisions for people to receive welfare, one of which is the lovely statement above.
So, pro-lifers, let’s look at this from a logical point of view (I know it’s hard for you, but try to keep up):
Women get pregnant and have children because they didn’t have the knowledge about birth control, because you wanted to teach abstinence-only education.
Women have said children and can’t afford a basic standard of living, probably because they didn’t have access to an abortion clinic, which you bombed or protested or shut down or because one of your CPCs lied to them about their options.
So then, said women go on welfare to provide their children with food, but can’t afford birth control and possibly still don’t have an education on its use.
Said woman is then kicked off of welfare for having another child because she was never taught about birth control because of education programs you funded and because the abortion clinic closest to her was just shut down by you, therefore forcing her and her children to stop receiving assistance.
Oh…and if you think I missed the slut-shaming “illegitimate children” part, you’d be wrong. This provision is specifically targeting women who are dirty whores and have sex before they’re married, so they must not deserve state assistance, right? And their kids sure as hell don’t deserve it now that they’re born.
Love,
Rabble
http://rabbleprochoice.tumblr.com/post/782377968/all-mothers-of-illegitimate-children-are-to-be
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