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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Most of us are equipped for rape and murder, but we don't have a right to it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Thats why we have laws against rape and murder but not against having kids, because that would be eugenics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

"because that would be eugenics" is not an explanation. You're just asserting that eugenics is bad, which is begging the question -- this is a post about the ethics of eugenics. You can't just come in and say "eugenics is bad because it's eugenics."

Anyway, I don't think anyone is calling China's former One Child Policy eugenics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Thats because the one child policy was coerced by the IVF in order for China to survive during a period of economic isolation, more so the one child policy only applied to han Chinese, and many still choose to have children, it wasn't a ban on having extra children, they where just heavily disincentivized and given access too birth control.

Literally banning who can have sex would be eugenics yes