Would you support a parenthood licence?

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highwaystar101 said:

Kasz216 said:

No. While I think it would be a great idea... since there are a lot of bad parents out there.

It would infringe on peoples rights.

The only exception I'd see is pedophiles. Who I'm fairly certain couldn't have kids anyway based on the terms of their parole.

Besides, only REALLY stupid people probably couldn't fake their way through the test... and what's the enforcement? If your pregnant but don't get a license the state forces you to have an abortion?

If it's just "they take your baby away at the hospital, people just won't go to the hospital and even worse... won't take their children to the hospital... or enrole them in schools etc.

For faking the test, it would be like a drivers licence. You can't actually get one until you've had lots of practice and you're good at driving, otherwise it' just dangerous. I would imagine that a parents licence were handed you would have to attend parenting lessons, have an evaluation of your competence made and someone would assess the environment you intend to raise them in. Or something along those lines.

As for enforcing it, I'm not sure how it would be done I'm afraid, at this stage it is purely a hypothetical situation. Maybe this part of the discussion will develop later.

Regarding enforcement, I don't think you really could without vastly changing the political (constitutions, etc) and ideological landscape.

The closest thing I see as feasible is to withdraw any financial or social support to people who have children without authorization. And even that would surely generate a shitstorm...

As much as I think that some people shouldn't be parents, I don't think I can support something so controversial.