Ever Wondered...

Why there are laws requiring a person to obtain a license to drive, fish, hunt, or sell random home-made art on a street corner...but there are no laws requiring any type of testing or licensing to create a new life (read: make a baby)!

Ok, I know, I know...human rights and all. But, shouldn't a kid have the right to good parents and a decent life? From the "Pro-life" standpoint, a fetus becomes a human life at conception. Therefore, human rights would come into effect at conception, giving an unborn child universal human rights. Right?

Perhaps humankind was created in all it's complexity before stupidity and evil were fully realized. Thus, most people have to ability to reproduce, but many lack the discretion. For example, a chronic meth abuser may have the right equipment to create a new life, but lacks the common sense that meth and babies really don't mesh well. Or, maybe you are a 16 year old girl who thinks that having a baby will make your boyfriend love you more...but realize too late that this isn't the case.

Either way, isn't a human life a little more fragile & valuable than a car or some home-made art? Perhaps instead of spending all the money we do on welfare, foster homes, counseling, and prisons we should put a little toward creating a licensing system for future parents. Perhaps some kind of clip surgically placed on all male infants' vas deferens, preventing the release of sperm until said clips could be removed surgically later in life. In order to have the clips removed, the male would have to pass testing and licensing procedures, maybe have to pay a little bit for the procedure to prove he really wanted to create a baby. I have yet to decide on a fail-safe mode of protection for women. But, hey it would be a start. I can see the teen pregnancy rates dropping already.

Anyway, just a thought... Remember, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!