While I am aware there are many bad parents out there.....
I would have zero desire to live in a society where we are taking away children at birth from their mother's because they are not approved by the state to be mother's ahead of time or where we are forcing people who are not approved by the state to have surgery even if it can later be reversed.
If we think the same middle aged white women approving people for pet adoptions is a problem, imagine the problems if the same middle aged white women are deciding who gets to have children?
Will people from certain religions and cultures be denied because of their religion and culture? Will people be disallowed from having children because of the color of their skin? Are we going to make it illegal for people with physical disabilities or certain sexual orientations to have children?
And one can say oh that won't happen, it will be totally fair and all about having a safe home. But when has the state been totally fair and not corrupt? Won't money end up being a huge factor in who gets chosen and who doesn't and don't certain ethnic groups control higher percentages of the wealth?
I gave birth when I was underage and not just barely underaged, but quite young. My son has a great life and should be with me. He has autism and I wouldn't trust any another person to provide him for like I do and work for him like I do. If the state took my disabled child away from me, I doubt he would have a good life. I would be concerned about families being less interested in adopting him because of his special needs and not thinking of his future, not in the way that I do anyways. I wouldn't have /passed/ and wouldn't have been allowed to keep him if the state decided because I was young, poor and disabled myself.
Instead of talking about forced surgery or taking children away from undesirables who don't meet the state's idea of an upper class perfect home, I would rather look at increased support for high risk families and parents, such as increased programs and assistance for young parents, improvised parents, single parents and etc. I would also like to look at increased support for children who are in the foster system.