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First, there's already enough crap in our food and water.
Second, this plan seems Hitler-esque to me.
There always have been and always will be bad parents. For those who are REALLY bad, take their kids away. The government has no business deciding who can and can't parent a child....especially not before the child(ren) is/are even born.
In America, everything is a right unless specifically prohibited by a law that meets constitutional scrutiny. Remember that the Bill of Rights is not about rights that people have, it is about rights the government does not have.
we could prob put birth control in the food/water supply, keeping people from getting preggers unless they took special pills.
the question then becomes, who determines who gets the pills?
we all know people that are horrible parents, and so many people have unwanted pregnancies.
would the cost outweigh the benefits?
I see no merit to the idea, and many problems.
Chemical birth control has both psychological and physiological side effects for the user that contraindicate use by many. (Also side effects for the user's partner, since many decrease sexual desire.)
Further, many women are sufficiently fertile that they become pregnant while correctly using birth control pills-- which endangers the offspring as these particular substances are highly teratogenic.
Studies done on water supplies contaminated by the hormones used for BCPs show a number of fatal anomalies in the aquatic populations. One could safely assume, then, that other species would be likewise affected by consuming either the water, the insect population near the water supply, or the fish. That's leaving aside for the moment the other problems involved with a massive fish-kill.
You'd have an ecological disaster in the making, and that doesn't even begin to consider the economic, social, and national security ramifications.
and, if it is a Privilege, who determines who "deserves" it?
Please! I understand this is meant to be a provacative thread, but, you only have to ask how would this silly hypothetical be enforced, and the discussion is over!
we could prob put birth control in the food/water supply, keeping people from getting preggers unless they took special pills.
the question then becomes, who determines who gets the pills?
we all know people that are horrible parents, and so many people have unwanted pregnancies.
would the cost outweigh the benefits?
Right..... So it seems logical to you to put chemicals into the food and water supply that would manipulate both male and female biology (because I KNOW you aren't talking about just targeting females..right?) and prevent them from reproducing, and this introduction of chemicals would begin at birth, likely harming the hormonal and biological make-up of developing bodies and brains, in an attempt to thwart the very small percentage of parents that abuse or neglect their children? You don't think giving children high doses of reproductive-manipulating chemicals is, in and of itself, abusive and/or just completely whacked-out? That is some messed up **** right there....
Yeah, I know a few parents that were not good parents at all. And a know a few thousand more who ARE good parents. Why do you think that punishing all for the misdeeds of a few is a good idea? Why not just lock everyone up in prison when they are born until they "prove" that they can be productive members of society...
Please! I understand this is meant to be a provacative thread, but, you only have to ask how would this silly hypothetical be enforced, and the discussion is over!
Not so silly. Moving about is a right, even in your own car (settled casebook law), but the government retains the authority to regulate driving in the interest of public safety. Accordingly, a person is nominally granted the right to a drivers license, but that can be withdrawn in a few instances where a person has demonstrated that he would be a public danger on the road.
The government could, in a very small number of cases, restrict the right of certain individuals to be parents. It would be reasonable for such individuals to be given some choices. Such as A) accept medical intervention to make it impossible, B) agree to surrender custody of any child, or C) face criminal sanctions for violation.
The government could, in a very small number of cases, restrict the right of certain individuals to be parents. It would be reasonable for such individuals to be given some choices. Such as A) accept medical intervention to make it impossible, B) agree to surrender custody of any child, or C) face criminal sanctions for violation.
The government, in the person of CPS, already does this.
Hence the patient (pregnant crack ho) I had a few years back who said she intended to keep getting pregnant "until they let me keep one".
Not so silly. Moving about is a right, even in your own car (settled casebook law), but the government retains the authority to regulate driving in the interest of public safety. Accordingly, a person is nominally granted the right to a drivers license, but that can be withdrawn in a few instances where a person has demonstrated that he would be a public danger on the road.
The government could, in a very small number of cases, restrict the right of certain individuals to be parents. It would be reasonable for such individuals to be given some choices. Such as A) accept medical intervention to make it impossible, B) agree to surrender custody of any child, or C) face criminal sanctions for violation.
Yeah, I can hear the argument now! It is a Woman,s RIGHT to kill a baby, but not her right to give life to one!! Kinda takes away that whole "Pro Choice" defense doesnt it? Hmmmmmm............
It's a right (and personal choice) to have children or not, it's a privilege for other people to pay for them. No one has the right to abuse, kill, or neglect medical treatment for another person, even if they are the minors guardian...that is not acting in their best interest.
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