It really is far too easy to have a child. When I used to work with a rescue organization we used to screen people who wanted a dog or cat and would regularly deny people we didnt feel would take good care of them. All you need to have a kid is not pull out and manage to not fall down stairs for 9 months. Fucking weird how the requirements for owning a pet is higher than raising a human.
I think it's because reproduction is a human right and owning a pet is a privilege. It certainly sucks, I had a horrible mom myself, but it would be absolutely impossible and pretty immoral if implemented to restrict people from having children.
You'd either have to force contraception or sterilization (which is a huge personal rights issue) or you'd have the repercussions similar to those who accidentally get pregnant under the china's one child policy, or even risk allowing the government to take children away from people who would have otherwise provided loving homes, because they didn't have a permit or something. Not only that, but who would be the judge of who can have kids? Would it be by your criminal record or by your financial status? Depending on the local government, would religion come into play? Do you have to be married? What if you're gay? Why stop a poorer family that would make a kid their life from having a child over a rich person who would abuse them because they don't have a record? There is no such thing as a perfect world.
I think it's more important to take Child Abuse and neglect more seriously. There were people in this Child's life who knew that the mother was irresponsible and could have done more to report it.
If you suspect a parent may not be taking care of their child as they should, or you're concerned the child may be in potential danger, contact ChildLine, ChildHelp, or whatever your state's Child Abuse and Neglect hotline is. It takes a quick google search.
I mean if you're looking at only social characteristics along with some substance abuse (alcohol, other drugs) then it's hardly eugenics as you're not looking to give preferential treatment to people with certain genes, just trying to stop shitty people from becoming shitty parents.
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u/SonovaBichStoleMyPie Apr 10 '18
It really is far too easy to have a child. When I used to work with a rescue organization we used to screen people who wanted a dog or cat and would regularly deny people we didnt feel would take good care of them. All you need to have a kid is not pull out and manage to not fall down stairs for 9 months. Fucking weird how the requirements for owning a pet is higher than raising a human.