faerystrangeme
Ratttking
Yes, they do. In my ideal world, reproduction would be regulated and prior consent of both parties to the pregnancy would be mandatory.
Interesting. I presume in your ideal world everyone would be required to go on BC? What do you believe about a person's right to control their own body?
(Er, because the internet is bad at communicating this, I honestly find your proposal interesting. I'm not just trying to tear you to shreds.)
Something like that, or reversible sterilization such as vasectomy or tubal ligation.
Currently, a woman has the right to produce as many children as she physically can, whether or not she has consent from the potential father(s) and regardless of her ability to support and raise them. I have issues with that. People have fewer rights regarding their bodies than you might think. In many places, part or all of the body must be covered at all times in public. I wouldn't get stoned to death here for going out topless, but I would be arrested and fined, while my BF would not if he did the same. Why? We do not have the right to profit by selling kidneys, lungs, corneas, etc., although we can sell blood, hair, eggs, and semen. We do not usually have the rights to sell, or rather, rent the use of our bodies to others for sexual purposes, unless you count surrogate pregnancies. As things stand, most laws favor reproduction, however indiscriminate. Any attempt to curb reproductive rights is seen as totalitarian, Hitler-esque, racist, bigoted, and any number of other negatives. It is a pity that wishing for a healthy, well-off, stable population in which all children are planned, wanted and (hopefully) loved is such a crime.
Er, sorry for wall-o-text.