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# Letter: Reader backs abstinence over welfare mothers being spayed
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/063007-story/
- Published: 2007-06-30T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:12:01.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Mark Leland*

I enjoyed reading (David Pisarra’s) most recent column (“Welfare mothers should be spayed,” June 26). I live off of Social Security and I get Section 8 Housing. I have not had sex with a woman in nearly 11 years because I know, as a poor man such as myself, I could not afford to support any kids. I believe poor people, such as myself, have no business having children. It is not right for society to have to support poor people’s kids. I decided a long time ago that I would not be sexually active. Abstinence works 100 percent.

Too bad more poor people, like me, do not understand this.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 30, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/063007.pdf?ref=smdp.com)