Should everyone have the right to be a parent? 29 Articles

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by Platos Girl

Unfortunately every female of childbearing age has a right to be a parent if she so chooses. Too often the wrong ones chose to become a parent. Sometimes even the two who procreated together should have both been banned fr...read more

by Kirsty Wright

Being a parent is a privilege, not a right. It comes with certain responsibilities which cannot be avoided, and if any person is not able to live up to these responsiblities every single day for many years, then no, they ...read more

by Chris Lawrence

Every time I begin dating a girl, the dreaded discussion of children seems to rear its head before we're even out of the honeymoon phase. Consistently I find myself justifying why I do not want to be a parent. In respons...read more

by Lisa Hunt Warren

With the exception of those who have fertility problems, every creature has the ability to procreate. This isn't a matter of having the right. Procreation is a bodily function - just as digestion and respiration are - so...read more

by Maggie Goins

Delivery time! Nina Nursery Nurse hurries to the birthing center, wondering, hoping that the baby will be a vigorous, healthy one. Any new baby can take you by surprise. Nina knocks on the door and enters with an intern...read more

by Suzanne Fort

Everyone has the right to conceive a baby, but sometimes that doesn't always make them a parent. Michael Levine said it best when he said, "Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist...read more

by Edmund Lewis

Yes, although there should be a quiz! Seriously, being a parent is hard. From good prenatal care to surviving those first few sleepless months (and maybe beyond), it is the largest test and most important responsibility...read more

by Rebecca Miller

As a woman who has decided not to have children I seem to get a hard time. I have people tell me 'oh you'll change your mind' or 'of course you'll want children.' The thing is, not only have I never had any desire to ha...read more

by Sonja Cowart

Unfortunately, in the United States the right to be a parent supercedes the child's right to be free from child abuse or neglect. It also supercedes the grandparents rights and the rights of other caring individuals to le...read more

by Jan Castagnaro

Should Everyone Have the Right to be a Parent We see so much abuse of children's rights in the world today, and many horrific abuses enacted against the innocence of a child. Children are used and manipulated to fight w...read more

by Roberta Bienenfeld

I think that there should be a required course of study to become parents. For everything else in the world there are courses and classes that tell us what to do and how to do it right-except for parenting. Sure there a...read more

by Carolyn Lanier

The word parent doesn't necessarily mean the one who gave birth to a child. There are stepparents, foster parents, adoptive parents, and grandparents who are raising children. And for the unfit parent's, Thank God we have...read more

by Ashley Manley

The recent rash of youth and infant deaths, which is increasing everyday, has struck me to ask, "Does every person have the right to be a parent?" What drives a person to abuse their own child? Leave their baby in a dumpst...read more

by Trish Hallmark

Biologically, everyone does have the right to parent. However, there are segments of our adult world that are best left childless, e.g., seriously mentally ill and those incapable of taking care of themselves. Beyond tha...read more

by Gloria Edmonson Nelson

No, everyone should not be a parent because so many children are being abused now because just because you can conceive does not mean you are caring. It also does not mean that you wanted a child. It is an honor to be ...read more

by Pat Mallen

No, not everyone should be parents and here's why: Hi, I'm doing a Master's degree in law, child welfare and child protection and I am passionate about the topic. Little did I know it would touch my own family where ...read more

by Kara O'Connor

Absolutely NOT! I believe everyone should have to be not only genetically tested but also mentally and financially tested to be allowed to have children. Children are not something you should have 'on accident' or because ...read more

by Kristen Fornarino

Absolutely not, is the answer I have to this question. For me, there is NOTHING worse then seeing an abusive parent screaming at their child in public. It truly makes you wonder what happens when the child is behind cl...read more

by The.LUMINOUS.One

Should everyone have the 'right' to be a parent? Well, I would change the question to say is everyone fit to be a parent. Everyone should have the right to reproduce in the proper timing. NOT everyone is fit to be a par...read more

by Katie W.

No, everyone should not have the right to have a baby. There are too many young women out in this world having babies to get a bigger welfare check,more food stamps,and free government housing.The children are suffering, ...read more