Over population, might not seem like a problem to some people, but the reality is that the U.S. is headed in the same direction as China and India. After the baby boom in the 1960s, one could say that our population has not stopped growing. It seems that having a child is not the job of a house wife any longer. The more I pay attention to my surrounding, the more pregnant teenagers I see. Because of my job industry, I am able to see teenage girls as young as 12yrs old having babies. What ever happened to the pep talk that parents had with their kids about safe sex and not getting a girl pregnant? Teenagers having unprotected sex and getting pregnant, plays a role on the over population problem that we have here ain the U.S. So what should or can we do about it?
There are the voluntary and the involuntary control. I believe that the current birth control methods are somewhat adequate. I also believe, that birth control pills should be free for young girls between the ages of 12-21. I don't believe that voluntary abortion is suitable for contraceptive use. Why? Well I my self have a friend who has had 9 abortions within a period of 5yrs. It took the doctor who did all 9 procedure to tell her that he hopes to never see her again under the same circumstances for her to finally come to terms, that it was wrong what she was doing. The ideal contraceptive besides abstinence, is "EDUCATION" about not only preventing STDs, but avoiding getting pregnant. I approve of the idea of unmarried teenagers having free access to birth control counseling and services without parental permission, because there are too many irresponsible parents in this world who are not doing their job properly on educating their kids about sex.
Let us look at the involuntary population control, which in reality it should not be any one's business as to how many children you should have, but yours and I also don't believe this is the right thing to do, but since it is affecting us in many different ways , then I think the government should have some kind of say on those who continue to have children under welfare care only. The government should limit welfare help for anyone who has more than 3 children. I don't think the government should limit working parents who are able to sustain a family of multiple children, but I also think that if they continue to have them and are not able to afford them, then yes make one of the parents become sterile rather than making the parent have an abortion.
I think immigration is another factor that plays a major in the over population problem here in the U.S. I think we should limit the people we allow into our country by either taxing them every time they want to send for another family member. I also believe that if a child born here and whose parents are not U.S. citizens, should not automatically become a U.S.citizen and have legal rights to stay here. One involuntary population program is practiced by China, who limits families to have 1 child only. Yes, this seemed to have lower the yearly population rate, but also caused families to make some sacrifices, like giving up baby girls up for adoption, because they need the boy to care for them when they are older. Paraguay, Argentina and Indonesia are other countries who also have a form of involuntary population control.
I think population control efforts should be a global goal, because it would benefit not only our economy, but also many of the world's problems (environment, starvation, diseases, poverty, etc.). The U.S. is a big help to many families when it comes to income tax deductions for dependents. Some people depend on this money to help pay bills, so I don't think it should be eliminated. I don't think this is the solution to having smaller families.
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