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Should society dissuade people from reproducing children they can't raise? How?

Should society dissuade incompetent people from producing children?

  • No, reproduction is sacrosanct, people have absolute freedom to reproduce and make others raise them

    Votes: 9 47.4%

  • Yes/no, mandatory reproductive control for only the most severely/permanently disabled

    Votes: 2 10.5%

  • Yes/no, offer money for sterilization and/or long-term birth control measures

    Votes: 5 26.3%

  • Yes/no, mandatory birth control and/or sterilization for active severe substance addicts

    Votes: 2 10.5%

  • Yes, require some sort of permit for having children

    Votes: 2 10.5%

  • Sort of, implement two-child policy

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other (explain)

    Votes: 4 21.1%
  • Total voters
    19
  • Poll closed .
OhIsee.Then said:
Oh. Who enforces the "inherent responsibilities" and how. Yup, actions have consequences, but who bears them, the only one that took the action or do some innocents get dragged in instead?
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Nobody says life is fair, but refusing to hold the irresponsible accountable because some innocent might get harmed only encourages further irresponsibility. Take those children out of the home and put them elsewhere. I've said that before.

Cephus your first post was "I think people that have children that they can't financially support should be sterilized immediately and that child removed from their home" I don't understand having someone come in after the child is born and screw things up even more. And I can't square any of your opinion on this subject with your Libertarianism.
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Quote where I said that because I never did. You, my friend, are full of it.
 
Cephus said:
Nobody says life is fair, but refusing to hold the irresponsible accountable because some innocent might get harmed only encourages further irresponsibility. Take those children out of the home and put them elsewhere. I've said that before.
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Where? Who will pay for it? You don't want to pay for anything beyond your own nose already, so I don't expect you to happily pony up the dough. We have a shortage of quality foster parents already, so do we bring back institutional orphanages?

Define "irresponsible". Is it when a woman gives birth and gets public money? Is it permanent, or temporary? Would a family whose parents lost their jobs in the recent recession, and are thus either in a downturn or even getting food stamps, irresponsible and subject to having their kids taken away? Where is the line between irresponsible bad parent and poor good parent?
 
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