Would be parents should need a licence to have intercourse.

"It would have the sort of questions that are relative to the licence in question, in this case things about financial stability or decision making. There wouldn't be anything about calculus or ancient Rome, so it hardy seems to matter that your example is a college graduate." Smart people, even people of average intelligence who understand the risks surrounding unsafe sex still may not wear a condom for the reason that they don't enjoy it. That was my point. "I don't see how sex is a natural right just because the species needs it to survive. Just as you probably can't convince me that it is, I probably can't convince you that it isn't." Would you care to enumerate for me some examples of what you personally believe (if anything) to be a natural right? And why? Maybe then I could understand why you feel this way, because it's very puzzling to me that anyone would be so eager to have uncle sam care take part in their sex life. Your last post puzzles me because you first claim that you are arguing a moral point, not about the practicality of a license. But you then address (to some extent, at least) the numbered points i made, all of which were specifically about it's practical application in the real world. If you were to truly make it a strictly moral argument, i would say that it is completely immoral to regulate sex between consenting adults (not to mention unconstitutional). I would concede that some people sometimes do not use contraceptives when they should, or have children before it is financially practical to do so. But this is a trivial point that everyone already understands. Something I'd like to point out is that you say that the exam would ask questions about "The sort of thing they teach in sex ed". If your school was like mine, you probably took sex ed in 4th grade. Why don't we just say that those who have passed the 4th grade (or whatever year you learn sex ed in your particular school) should be allowed to have sex without obtaining a license? It is the same information, as you said yourself. And we'll add more instruction on the use of contraceptives to the course to add some legitimacy to the point. So I now have a number of statements that you and I should agree on, if you take what I have said here to be sound. The exam is about the kind of things taught in sex ed. Sex ed is, of course about the kind of things taught in sex ed. Passing the exam allows for you to get a license, based on the information you provided in the test. Passing the course, should therefore be a sufficient qualification to have sex. While i disagree with requiring a license, I do agree that sex education is important. To assist in your point, perhaps we should add that sex ed should include a more thorough explanation of contraceptives and their use. Though contraceptives have a nearly 100% success rate when used correctly, then the small number of pregnancies that result from their correct use could possibly be comparable to the twins, triplets, etc. that are possible under the license system. They are equally effective systems, one being intrusive into your private life, and the other involving education and information in school, a place where we all must go, by law, anyway. I have class now, I have to run, but I think I addressed most issues.