Reducing the population on welfare is not to have the feds provide birth control, it is about re-constructing the basic design of the welfare system that promotes generational dependency albeit one child or five. How about teaching our kids that it is not "alright to just have sex with no protection and with irresponsibility". How about the feds supporting or undergirding good, old fashioned monogamous marriage before having a "litter" of human kids at the government’s expense. I know that you will not eradicate all of unwanted pregnancies, but you will, over time, reduce them. How about the federal government not being at odds with common sense marriage/relationship tenants that have been around for 8000 years or more? It is like saying, "because some will act irresponsibly, we have to have 45 government programs to deal with the aftermath of that irresponsible behavior and have the government services designed around that type of behavior"! Why not deal with a lot fewer cases, on an individual basis with secular and religious and family support systems (which welfare has systematically destroyed over the last 40 years) and let the larger number go on with a healthier, more constructive life?