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Re:One-sixth of Americans don’t have enough food to eat by hueving on Wednesday July 16, 2014 @10:23PM (#8045694)
They usually don't choose to conceive. Another factor is poor planning. Many people don't budget in the fact that one parent could be unemployed for months on end.
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Re:One-sixth of Americans don’t have enough food to eat by frio on Wednesday July 16, 2014 @10:44PM (#8045766)
I think this deserves extra attention. America has a weird cultural thing at play here; the religious right seem to be strongly anti-contraception (the recent Hobby Lobby decision being a good example). Yet, when the inevitable happens and a child is unexpectedly conceived, there doesn't appear to be much in way of a support structure.

I'd be happy to be wrong on the second part.

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