Family Cap

Under the Family Cap is defined as the practice of mothers or families living on welfare to refuse further financial assistance for the birth of another child.

This is primarily practiced in some states in the U.S. and in Asian countries such as South Korea and Singapore.

Statistical data

28,000 children in New Jersey have been denied social assistance because of the Family Cap. When the Family Cap was introduced in the U.S., quickly drop in child poverty could be measured. In March 1996, could make to social assistance an abortion in New Jersey 30.2 of 1,000 women who were in the same period only 4.0 out of 1,000 women have an abortion. Thus, the abortion rate increased among welfare recipients in New Jersey by 14%.

Criticism

Critics back a reduction in child poverty on the rise in the number of abortions. There has been criticism that poor women, although more often than rich women reject abortion on moral grounds, see, however, often forced to have an abortion because of the Family Cap. For this reason, the Family Cap of the New Jersey Catholic Conference, pro-life organizations, the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Organization for Women criticized. The policy has been accused of pursuing a "war against the poor." Also eugenic motives were subordinated. Proponents, however, a cast, the Family Cap would encourage poor to justice.