They should know who the father is. Support for the child is often taken by the father for his own support.This is why he has children with a number of women. This is terrible but if we name the father the government can come after him.and hopefully reduce the number of incidents like this. Many of the welfare rolls are uneducated women who left school when they were pregnant or men who just dropped out unwisely.It is more likely to get these people off welfare if they have some education. Those who just cannot do the work fall into another class.

@Marine , do you have evidence for that statement? Or is it just more conservative nonsense. In Canada child support is in the hands of the courts.

@Marine , you live in a very different nation, I guess, here a woman goes to office of th court makes an application and based on they income gets their legal free or for very little and child support is ordered by the courts, once that happens and it doesn't get paid the delinquent parent finds they can no longer renew their vehicle, drivers license or anything else controlled by registries. It has proven very effective.