Contraception made possible the separation between sex and reproduction. Why not separate reproduction from parenthood? Why should artificial reproduction be privileged over natural reproduction, the authors of an article in Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology ask. It is inconsistent to demand that the welfare of the child be a criterion for assisted reproduction, but not for natural reproduction.
"What we should not promote and respect are accidental parenting unaccompanied by critical reflection of its exercise, the ostentatious display of reproductive capacities, unquestioned bad parenting, or blind conformity to the pro-reproductive culture," they claim. This reasoning leads them to float some radical possibilities for the future of parenting; Compulsory contraception, regardless of personal convictions; Confiscating children after they are born from incompetent parents; Compulsory parenting education.
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