[West Ender]

What an emotive subject!

We all know, or think we do, of young girls who get pregnant on purpose so they can get a Council flat/benefits/etc. Some of us can remember the Bad Old Days when becoming pregnant, while unmarried, was shameful and had to be hidden.

While I would hate to see a return to the days when mothers were forcefully parted from their babies it did, at least, mean that girls thought twice, followed by another 3 times, about casual sex that might result in pregnancy. I would never want to see a child brought up in poverty but I do think the benefits available to the reckless young mother are an encouragement to disregard the consequences of promiscuity.