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Originally posted by billege
While I agree it is unfortunate that anyone may reproduce, it's impossible to decide who can and who can't. There's no one I trust to judge me, and I don't trust me to judge others.
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I would agree with that statement. It's an easy thing to let your emotions take over and demand that "something be done to stop this madness". There are questions that need to be answered before we allow ourselves to start a long dangerous slide down this very slippery slope.
(1.) How, and even more importantly, who, gets to decide who, and who does not, get to have chidren?
(2.) What critera would be used to determine the fitness of a parental candidate?
(3.) Would mandatory birth control be enacted, and if so, how would it be enforced?
(4.) What penalties would be enacted for an "Unauthorized Pregnancy"?
(5.) At what age do you require manatory birth control?
(6.) Do you enact forced abortion if you are under the "Legal Childbearing Age", or become pregnant outside of the predetermined parameters?
(7.) If financial ability is of concern, what is the minimum amount that you can earn in a year to qualify to have children?
These are just a few questions off the top of my head. Every answer to every one of those questions raises hundreds of more questions. The only real question is, do we really want that much government interference in our personal lives? Anyone?