If the reply I made above a few moments ago comes through, then a response to your "First" is there. The anti-poverty systems are as flawed as the adoption/foster system. Sadly, most of what is done by the government is driven by motivations other than what is in the best interest of the citizens or society as a whole. Religion and ambition are two of the biggest hinderances to a decent designed system. On the sterilaization add on, not likely to happen. You'd have to fit in some serious loophole protections, plus the argument that it would drive individuals to seek unregulated/unreported abortions. On the surface, it makes a sort of logical sense, but digging deeper, would cause more problems than it solved. But, hey, I'm not stopping suggestions, good or bad. Every improvement, even a small one, makes abortion less and less necessary. Andrew