“People think that child-support enforcement benefits children, but it doesn't.”

— Phyllis Schlafly

Federal Incentives Make Children Fatherless, Phyllis Schlafly Columns, 2007-03-30, Schlafly, Phyllis, 2005-05-11 http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2005/may05/05-05-11.html,

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American activist 1924–2016

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“People think that child-support enforcement benefits children, but it doesn't.”

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