Should childbirth and/or parenting be a right?

[Dan and Judy 614]

All women should have to wear chastity belts until someone puts down a $10,000 deposit for them

[rika60607 215]

Agreed!

BUT $10K is too cheap, compared to the cost of raising a child. Make it at least $100K.

All women should have to wear chastity belts until someone puts down a $10,000 deposit for them

[SMR 368]

If the end goal is to stop providing benefits to the poor, why not take the path of least resistance and simply continue the current Republican jihad against entitlement programs? The jihad not progressing fast enough for you because of all those pesky Democrats and the even peskier aholes they vote to represent them? Good luck getting past that hurdle any quicker with a crazy (yes, it is) scheme like this. Unless of course, it is democracy itself you have a problem with.

I don't necessarily agree with the slant you're putting on this, but this is my basic take on the story. Reproducing should be a basic human right (My opinion, not necessarily based on precedent or UN edict). The problem is not that people reproduce but rather that government taxes society to pay for it. Get rid of the entitlements and this discussion will be a mute point. There will be no need for politburo approval of reproduction.

As far as tax deductions for kids, we should just move to a usage based tax system (ie. sales tax, VAT tax, whatever you want to call it) instead of income tax. If people use more because they have more children they will pay more taxes. If they manage things responsibly, they will pay comparably.

[웃 910]

All women should have to wear chastity belts until someone puts down a $10,000 deposit for them

Every baby girl should be sterilized at birth. When they prove that they are responsible (have a job, married, tax returns, bank statements, work stubs, credit check all turn out ok) then they undergo rigorous testing and interviews to see if they are approved to be unsterilized.

All women want babies at some point. It would be great motivation for some. The leeches would instead of being paid to breed would not be deemed responsible enough to have children.

I don't think most women want kids at 18. If I was a girl I'd at least wait until 22 or 23 (after graduating college) to undergo the rigorous testing and interviews.

[slim 1,530]

I like the general idea of the OP but I have to disagree on some points. Reproduction is a basic right. We cannot regulate basic rights like reproduction.

However, we can regulate what happens to folks who take the free money. You want the free money? Take the shot in the arm. No further kids while you're on the dole. No extra money for extra kids. One flat rate for anyone on welfare. Same thing with all other welfare. You want the money? Fine. But, you can't have any more kids. Don't like that? Fine. Don't take the free money.

I'm all for licensing and permits per kid, etc. But, we simply cannot do that. What we can do though is deny extra money.

[mawilson 2,133]

Every baby girl should be sterilized at birth.

Why not baby boy?

[^_^ 5,021]

Why not baby boy?

Because boys make the rules!

[slim 1,530]

Why not baby boy?

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it's because they can't give birth.

[^_^ 5,021]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it's because they can't give birth.

You do realize it's a cooperative effort, right?

[slim 1,530]

You do realize it's a cooperative effort, right?

I've yet to see a birth where the man needed to be present.

[^_^ 5,021]

I've yet to see a birth where the man needed to be present.

You are familiar with the male contribution to the effort, yes?

[mawilson 2,133]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it's because they can't give birth.

No sperm, no birth.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

You are familiar with the male contribution to the effort, yes?

while true, a pregnancy is 99% a woman's responsibility, as it greatly effects her life the most and a man has no say if she does get pregnant about the status of the child.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

If the law has income requirements to collect welfare,then why isn't there income requirements for having a kid?

[^_^ 5,021]

If the law has income requirements to collect welfare,then why isn't there income requirements for having a kid?

What a strange thing to say for a small government crusader.