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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Do you think the government should regulate who can or cannot have children?
0·3 days agoAllow me to hijack this thread and ask why shouldn’t the government be allowed to bar me from perpetuating my defective genetics? I am disabled and consequently the government already controls a huge portion of my life, and I get very little input into things, such as where and how I am allowed to work, what I’m allowed to earn in any given field and realistically where I can live. Why should my rights start and end at my ability to inseminate someone?
I will not have children by choice because my genetics are broken and I don’t want my children to go through this. It is fortunate that I am smart enough to have had this thought and can practice restraint despite my massive rod, but a lot of people aren’t or can’t. Why shouldn’t the government get a say, when they already effectively dictate the lives of disabled people?

I only caught it because my friend mentioned it. I saw the warning yesterday but I just assumed it was gonna be cloudy today and didn’t notice it was clear haha