Should having children be a privilege and not a right?

Question

Some people take the responsibility of caring for another life way too lightly. Wouldn't it be great if there was some sort of reversable birth control that could be administered at birth then after the person turns 18 or 21 after passing a phsycological evaluation they would be ALLOWED to have children?

Answer 1

Oh my goodness, I love this idea, I had it myself.
Like adding something to the drinking water and only after you have reached a certain age and you have passed a test you'll get a BIRTH PILL:
But of course, there would be a lot of possibilities to temper with a law like this.
A question remains, why will I be scrutinized when I want to adopt a child but I can have as many as I want regardless off the circumstances I live in.

Answer 2

I think that if they made people take tests to determine whether they would make good parents would be a form of discrimination. Yes, there are parents out there that are terrible. There are parents out there who maybe they aren't the brightest crayons in the box but they love their children with all that's in them and take good care of them. I think that the government doesn't need this kind of power over it's citizens. That would make us more of a communist country rather than a democracy. Look at places like China....due to their population problems, they are already told that each household is only allowed 1 child. Those households then make every effort to make sure that child is a boy. There are so many baby girls over there who are tossed aside or even aborted just because they are a girl. I would never want to live like that.
So, in answer to your question, no I don't think that people should have to take a test before they should be "allowed" to have children. I know that there are some parents out there who don't deserve children. If you think about it, society holds such a hard burden.

Answer 3

I think u have lost your mind. Having a child is neither a privilege or a right. It is a miracle, a gift from God but by no means a right. Ask any woman who is in the pains of fertility management. What you are suggesting is a supremist race.....hmmm....wonder who else you would eliminate. Maybe we need to create an America that sees people as all wanting and capable of success....maybe we need to provide opporunties instead of degrading those already struggling.....maybe the idea of free enterprise.....where only an elite few make millions while the rest live in that middle or lower class bracket....has to be re-evaluated, especially in times of prosperity. What if welfare offered housing contingent on work and job training? What if our soup kitchens and clothing pantries were manned by people who were wage earners? Then I might agree that some would choose homelessness.....some might be too ill (mentally), too lazy, too stupid to care...too addicted.....but people dont really want to live in squalor---it might fall into a bell curve of sorts----often there are people who dont have the skills for basic living much less the tools needed to get out of system that locks them into welfare or worse. You have to ask...why is it that our government knows that so many people struggle and does nothing? Why is it that the programs available are so complicated, top heavy and offer no real training or hope? The last great separation of peoples is money..... colleges, neighborhoods, adoptions, food supply, health insurance.....all comes down to $$$.... adding another government agency to oversee the uterus of american women is barbaric and backwards.....while I support the idea of individual responsibility...we live in a time when babies are having babies, lots of them.....there is no real reward for doing the right thing, waiting or working hard....the intrinsic nature of the system is producing the results of its over-paid, over-bureaucratic, bi-partisan, agenda-driven parts..... when we decide that the morals and character of this country are more important than bi-partisan politics, we may have a shot at developing programs to help undo the damage.... until then, God help us.

Answer 4

Yeah, the German's did it in the 30's, worked well for them.
The US did it to blacks in the 20's, that was a great plan.

Do you really want the government, who can't even manage our country lightly, to be that involved in how peoples lives work? Once it's when you are born, next thing you know they'll be managing how long people live, kind of like a Terry Shiavo case. Don't even open up a door to allow more power to a bueaucracy, they'll keep shoving it open until they rule your life. It's a basic rule of a large governing body. That's why we have the constitution.

Answer 5

I certainly dont want any governmental control over our reproductive rights. This sounds remarkably scary really. Some of our most productive and rich people in the world came from what might have been considered undesirable for parenting. Their poverty was profound. But life gave them a chance and they took it. I dont want anyone deciding who should have kids because then they hold too much power and as a woman I wonder what they could do to you if you got pregnant and werent on thier list of desirable parents.

Answer 6

No it should be a right because this is not communism it's democracy. i will do with my body what i want. i think people who think this need an evaluation. everyone has there own oppinions on how to raise children. The populationo would decline dramatically if that were the case because noone would be having babies. most pregnancies happen unplanned. Think about all of the people who can't have children. they need a child to adopt

Answer 7

Sure and while we are at it why not add in there an IQ test, bar-coding people, and retinal scans to get groceries. AND while we are at it why don't we just go ahead and hand over any other freedoms we still have as well. Honestly, you people want the government to regulate everything! Don't you have minds and opinions of your own? Overweight children? Have the government regulate the kind of food that restaurants and stores can sell. People getting thrown from cars in accidents? Mandatory seat belt laws. People expressing themselves on the internet? Well let's just try to get them censored! Good lord.

Answer 8

Maybe. But then I wouldn't have my wonderful 5yo, who was conceived when I was 17 (though born after I turned 18). And I am not one of thos moms- my kids are well-raised and responsible.

There are certainly people who should be denied the priveledge though. It isn't fair that some kid has to live a terrible life because he happened to be born to some dumb @$$ who couldn't hold a job, or to a mom who doesn't care enough to stop smoking while pregnant.

Answer 9

I think we should allow the government to implant newborns with micro chips that will not allow them to think about sex..then at 18 they will have the chip taken out. You're being just as ridiculous as the above statement. While it's a decent idea in theory it is unquestionably WRONG. Who makes the decision?? You?? I wouldn't allow anyone who thinks that this idea is acceptable to reproduce.

Answer 10

That would be playing god. That is to much control. You know the government will mismanage that also. Who set whats on te test? Who desides who is worthy and who is not? I don't think anybody can tell who is going to be a good parent or not. I do not like that idea...

Answer 11

Yes, yes, yes, of course we should try to control Mother Nature to the extent that we decide who gets to have children! It's a WONDERFUL Idea!!!

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