I think AuntyM is on the right track and agree that borders need to be fixed...

We need to make adoption much easier and afordable - it is literally a crime how they are doing it now days... 2 kids of your own, and then you should be STRONGLY encouraged to adopt if you want more kids (and can show that your family is stable and can afford them...). I don't think it should be 'forced', but it should be practically free and come with increased tax cuts...

Marriage AND Divorce should be taken more seriously. A marriage license should be required and given after a simple class or counciling session (no more vegas style weddings between to drunks who don't even know eachothers real names ). Then to have a baby, the process should be similar.

Not sure how this could be enforced though. I think the best approach is to offer insentives. In a sense, offer money, tax cutts, etc for 'doing the right thing'. Trying to force this kind of thing on people just won't work - invasion of privacy, religious freedom, etc etc.

Now the idea of mandatory birth control while you are on Welfare sounds good to me. When you go to pick up your monthly check, they give you a birth control shot that lasts a month... Probably not realistic though... (PS, this goes for men too. Guys who live off the gov't wagon shouldn't be making babies all over the state that they can't afford to pay child support for...)