Should there be a law in the US limiting how many children a family or individual can have
Yes, there should be a law
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No, this violates human rights
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I am of the belief that there should be a law that limits how many children a family or individual can have. There are so many children in the world without homes and in unhealthy environment that if you feel the desire to have children, you can take one of these children into your home. In addition, humans are running out of resources, and we cannot continue to live as we have in the past. Yet people continue to have large families that they cannot support. It is important for us to look at the bigger picture and take into account how our actions affect everyone and not just ourselves. Too many people have children when they can't take care of them. This is a crime, in my opinion. Side: Yes, there should be a law
Yes, but only if it applies to other countries around the world as well. There are already six billion people for the Earth to support and in poorer countries children suffer everyday from famine and disease. There needs to be education and control of this issue, and special measures taken so that people don't produce children for the sake of expanding their religion. Side: Yes, there should be a law
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I don't oppose your thoughts entirely but there wouldn't be anything wrong if one country led the way! I can't take a "If you do it, we'll do it" stance on this. If you cannot have consensus then sometimes one must forge the road ahead by doing it! Side: Much thought must be given to this
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we could try to find ways to discourage it... but it's against our rights to do so. this is America, Land of the Free. if someone wants to have 10 kids, let the fucker have them. who are we to tell them on how they should run their own life? that's what America was created for, so that the government can't run our lives. Side: No, this violates human rights
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I agree wholeheartedly Pyggy. We should be able to have as many children as we wish without interference from the government. My paternal grandparents had 12 children which is an enormous amount in today's world. My grandfather was a stone mason, born in Italy. My grandmother had no job outside of the home. It was her job to cook, clean, wash and hand-sew everyone's clothes and socks in a very meager household with no means of transportation other than two strong legs. They never complained and they didn't have much...but they had each other during the Great Depression. How did they do it then when the parents of today can't care for 2 children let alone 12. I have much respect for the people from that era. As I read the authors argument I can only think of two things I would or could, in all good conscience, change in today's world. The first would be those entrenched in the Welfare System and still having children. The second would be underage pregnancies resulting in the children being put into the hands of an Adoption agency. In my opinion those are the only two I can think of where intervention might be a partial answer to the problem of over-population. I think that the practice of having children while on Welfare should stop until one of the parents or family members can support the child or children involved by working. We can no longer afford to supplement their income by paying for pre-natal care, the birth of yet another child as well as the upkeep of that child through high school...and making it through High School should be mandatory! In the case of underage or unwanted pregnancies I think the same rules should apply and perhaps even more stringently applied than the first scenario. The underage child must first finish High School and come of age until she can actually care for a child. They could conceivably have two options. 1. Abort the child or 2. Have her parents care for the child, if they are financially able and agree to do so, until such time as the mother can. Side: The best of both worlds
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Well, it doesn't necessarily have to be the government who imposes the law. The people could vote for it. The problem with having 10 kids in the US, is: how are they going to pay for expenses. Because it is usually the lower class that have so many kids at a time. Obviously, this law is kind of absurd, and we will only probably see it in movies. But it would be nice for people to be aware that we are being way careless by overpopulating the earth. Side: Yes, there should be a law
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No, i dont think this should be a law because its unfair for someone else to choose your sex life and such! if you want 1 child, go for it! 2, go for it! 3, go for it! Someone "asking" for the family of the U.S. to do this is fine, but enforcing a law is destroying human rights completly! Side: No, this violates human rights
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Hi Andrew! I think it's just unfair for someone to choose your familial desires as it is to choose us to pay for it all! If they can handle the cost of child bearing and rearing...I'm all for it, BUT, I resent having to pay for some of the baby machines that are out there! Side: Much thought must be given to this
No, we don't need government mandated birth control, unless, of course we want to become China. Anyone ever stop to think about what happens to the unwanted children over there? That is truly a violation of human rights. If a married couple has the desire for a large family and has the means to clothe and feed them, then it's their choice to have a large family. If unwed teens think they need to have 4 children before age 21, then we need to either: 1. educate them so they can get a job and support themselves or 2. give them a roll of duct tape. (And, yes, 4 children before age 21 does happen. After working for a genetic testing company for 7 years, I can tell you it does happen. Just visit a paternity lab, your jaw will hit the floor.) Side: No, this violates human rights
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