Do you think it's okay for everyone to be parents?
How do you decide who gets to be a parent and who doesn't?

Personally, I don't think people who are living in extreme poverty should have any children. It's selfish to bring people into that environment. I also don't think people with serious ailments should have children. Ofcourse I would never tell anyone not to have kids (just because I don't like their situation) and I wouldn't stop them even if I could, but I just don't think it's right.

What say you?

I'd say anyone who beats their kids to death or who kills their kids, definitely should lose all reproductive rights and be sterilized.

Hell, no, I don't think it's a right! There is a large percentage out there who should never have children, be it abuse, self-abuse (drugs), violence, those with considerable mental retardation or illness.

I have a niece who married a high-functioning autistic man and they have four children ~ every damn one of them autistic. One is very severely autistic. I do not admire this situation at all.

Nope.
Some people think its a right. They like the idea of being pregnant/having babies then forget that they have to actually PARENT.

femme fatale wrote:

...Personally, I don't think people who are living in extreme poverty should have any children. It's selfish to bring people into that environment. I also don't think people with serious ailments should have children. Ofcourse I would never tell anyone not to have kids (just because I don't like their situation) and I wouldn't stop them even if I could, but I just don't think it's right.

What say you?

It's their fucking body. I have no control over it.

Until they prove that they aren't suitable to retain custody, yes everyone has a right to be a parent.