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Re:Being poor changes your thinking about everything by waps on Friday September 13, 2013 @10:08PM (#6384343)
Having kids is a human right. That should be the end of the discussion. Anyone, rich or poor, is

* entitled to have children [1]

* entitled to financial and other aid to raise those children safely and securely [2]

  [1] UDHR, Article 16, paragraph (1) http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/#a16
  [2] UDHR, Article 25, paragraph (2) http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/#a25
Since the US has signed these treaties, and unless it intends to back out, there can be no government policy that does not follow these articles.
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Re:Being poor changes your thinking about everything by clarkm on Friday September 13, 2013 @10:39PM (#6384427)
Why is calling something a "human right" and pointing to some UN declaration any different than calling something a "God-given right" and pointing to the Bible?
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Re:Being poor changes your thinking about everything by msellout on Friday September 13, 2013 @11:22PM (#6384529)
International law.
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Re:Being poor changes your thinking about everything by s_kilk on Saturday September 14, 2013 @12:35PM (#6386128)
It's different in that the UN demonstrably exists.
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Re:Being poor changes your thinking about everything by waps on Saturday September 14, 2013 @09:18PM (#6387795)
That the UN exists does not explain the reason behind the policies.

That's like saying the bible is true because the printer exists, or the church, which is of course trivially true. That some organisation is behind a document does not make it true or false.

And keep in mind that the League of nations (the creators of the UN) came forth from the Red cross, which was a division of the army that guards of the pope.

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Re:Being poor changes your thinking about everything by tomjen3 on Saturday September 14, 2013 @07:57AM (#6385313)
No, it is not a human right. If we can just point to websites as undisputed facts, then the earth is flat.
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