Poverty

Data shows that less than 20 percent of black babies in the 1950s were born to single mothers and that rose to 72.3 percent in 2008. Those mothers are far more likely than married mothers to be poor. They are also more likely to pass that poverty on to their children. Single-mother families are five times more likely to live in poverty than two-parent families. This leads to higher school drop out rates and higher rates of incarceration. The war on poverty started in 1964 and provided many new benefits for single moms and many feel that contributed to the increase in single parent families. This has expanded and today has many benefits. Here are some programs. housing assistance, TANF(food stamps), child care, Medicaid, head start, WIC(women, infants and children), cash assistance, emergency food assistance, CHIP(children health insurance program, Pell Grants, tax credits, unemployment insurance, affordable dentures, LIHEAP(low income energy assistance program), food pantries and community clinics. This situation would have been worse if it were not for abortions. The abortion rate for Black women is five times that for White women. Of the 63 million abortions since Roe, 25 million or 40% have been Black moms. These 25 million would have increased to 50 million and more than doubled the Black population which today is at 43 million. Most people agree that these benefits are necessary and are part of societies safety net. The question remains are there unintended consequences.