Too stupid to have children

Now, I believe that there are people who really are too stupid to have children. And I am sure that you know the people I am talking about. I am not convinced that this woman is one of those. I am not saying that she's not, just that I am not convinced that she is.

Rachel's IQ is 71. The average person is usually between 90-109. Now, I know that there are people with Downs, that can and have been taught, not only to be self sufficient, but to care for offspring. The British courts have ruled that Rachel can not care for her child. Now the social workers are saying she was not really around when her child was in the hospital because the baby was born 13 weeks premature. Basically they say that she abandoned the child and that she doesn't truly understand the gravity of the situation.This is a factor that I am not going into. According to the article, there is an awful lot of he said she said.

Here's the thing. If a parent proves that they can't take care of the child then the child should be removed. This woman has not even been given the opportunity but deemed unfit due to stupidity. The child is now a toddler and Rachel gets to see her for 90 minutes a month under highly supervised visits. When the child is adopted she will not be able to see the child at all. I think it is a bit presumptuous of the court to rule on someone who has never been allowed the chance to care for her child.

I will comment that on first glance, keeping stupid parents from their children seems an interesting idea. I think however if the courts were to truly rule whether a parent was too stupid to have kids, half the US would not have parental rights. I think it might be a better option to rule someone too stupid to have kids in the first place. Then we could solve the overpopulation issue and the breeding of stupid people (see Idiocracy) all in one foul swoop. Test them when they get close to the years where they could begin to reproduce. If they are too stupid then have them fixed. (Please have your pets and your stupid friends, spayed or neutered.)