Regulated human reproduction

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DISCLAIMER: I recognize that this is science fiction. Please don't explain why this procedure is impossible.

Premise: Science has developed a technique that can safely sterilize human males and females at any age (even newborns). This method simply prevents fertile sperm or eggs from being produced in the patient without interfering with any of the patients' other hormonal, sexual, or developmental functions. It is PERFECT birth control. The method can be temporarily or permanently reversed, during which time the patient has normal reproductive functions. Long-term studies have proven this method to be extremely effective and with no failures, no side effects regardless of the age at which it is administered, and no birth complications in those who have had the procedure reversed. It has been refined and is now a fairly cheap procedure.

The federal government wants to pass a law. If enacted, all children born in the USA after a certain date will be required to be sterilized through this procedure. The procedure will remain optional to all others. Should a citizen, having undergone the procedure at birth, wish to have it temporarily or permanently reversed (presumably for procreation), the citizen must meet only two requirements:

1) He/She must be over the age of 18

2) He/She must be living over the poverty level.

This law proposes to virtually eliminate unwanted childbirth in the US.


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