State governments use the information to pursue child support from the dads — and then pocket the money.
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Fri. Sep 17, 2021
Women who apply for welfare often have to identify who fathered their children and when they got pregnant, among other deeply personal details. State governments use that information to pursue child support from the dads — and then pocket the money.
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