Help! The Government is Going to Steal my Baby!
Posted by Andrew | Filed under Legal Junk
Have you ever heard of the “Mothers Act?” I first heard about this on the last No Agenda (episode #91). Apparently, it is an act that passed the House of Representatives back in 2006 and went to the Senate, although I can’t find any information on what happened to it after the fact, that was back during the 109th Congress, and we are now in the 111th. What this act accomplishes is that it requires every new mother in this country (United States, in case you forgot) would have to fill out a questionaire in order to determine if they are mentally fit to take the baby home.
Well, I have two issues with this concept. First, we already have this questionaire, it’s that form where you actually name the child. If you name your child something like ESPN instead of a normal name like Justin or Jennifer, you are unfit to be a parent. The next problem I have is, if this wonder questionaire determines that someone is unfit to be a mother, what happens next? Does the Government just take the baby away from the parents? Put them in the reliable hands of the nation’s social services system? Thats right Mrs. Thomas, you are an unfit mother and we are going to give your child to someone who operates a foster home with a dozen other children and be sentenced to a childhood of caring for the numerous cats who are treated better than the children.
The idea is that new mothers suffer from and that we need to offer education and support to these new mothers so that the American family doesn’t suffer as new life comes into the world. Here’s the thing, it was introduced by Senators Robert Menendez (D, New Jersey) and Richard Durbin (D, Illinois) as found here on Menendez’s site touting how this is such a good idea. Which brings me to my next problem with this whole thing. These two gentlemen, if you can call them gentlemen, are just that, gentlemen. They are guys! What the heck do they know about giving birth? I think we have plumbing issue here if you ask me.
What business is it of our Government to decide who would be a fit mother and who wouldn’t be? The last time I checked, our Government could pick a fit Commerce Secretary, Treasury Secretary, or even a fit Health Secretary. Anyway, here’s a run down from this site called “Dissident Voice” which is a complete outline of why this is a bad idea. We already have a perfectly good working system to weed out the bad mothers from the good.
2 Responses to “Help! The Government is Going to Steal my Baby!”
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PeterMontee Says:
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