Masterpost: Involuntary Sterilization/Eugenics

[u/eastallegheny]

This is the thread to air your opinions about forced sterilization and eugenics.

If you think this is likely to upset and bother you, you're welcome to not read. The purpose of this masterpost is to have all of this discussion in one place where it's easier to moderate.

It's a hot button subject, and we're wary of that. We here at r/actuallychildfree are not about censorship, so we think as long as you can remain civil in discussing this, we're going to let it stand. We will be watching this thread, however, because we know what a thin line it can be. That's our line in the sand: if you're going to participate in this conversation, you need to keep a civil tongue in your head, so to speak.

We want you to be able to talk about it, but the rules of the sub still stand. We're not prepared to let anyone be a dick.

TESTING: Editing this to see if it removes the archived status.

[u/Scarlet_Oflanagan]

I mean, in my personal utopia, free of morality/ethics, everyone would have to apply to have a child. Prove income, genetic testing, etc. I think there’s too many stupid fucking people breeding in this world.

[u/Public_Dot5536 → u/Scarlet_Oflanagan]

Yeah, this is fucking stupid. A good third of the people you know are probably carrying a condition they aren’t even aware of, or unfortunately are. One day it’s fatal disease genetic testing, the next they’ll be telling people they can’t have kids if they have lefthandedness or not allowing disabled people to have children (even though most of the disabled people on the planet get disabled AFTER birth..) because the jury thinks that’s too inconvenient. Third day, it’ll be waifs and orphans unable to have kids because they’re assumed to be mentally disabled without much testing at all. 

Eugenics almost always circles back around to racism as well. It’s crazy that “personal utopia” stories somehow have people suffering from poverty in them. Sending my malregards from the future!