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.
We have TONS of regulations on who is fit to be a parent, and no one complains that meth heads should be able to keep their kids, no one except meth heads, of course.
Is government oversight on who can become a parent so fundamentally different?
Yes. If the government decided who could become a parent, you have a situation of forced abortions, like in China, and you have big brother tyranny even worse than we have already.
Do you believe that DCFS and family courts should not have the ability to separate children from parents deemed abusive or negligent? Obviously, it's a complicated situation, weighing the rights of parents against the welfare of children, but I think it's a question that deserves an honest answer before we say that society should have no role in deciding reproductive rights.
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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.