Artificial fertility treatments should be banned

Praise Thor. Sorry, thought I'd try your logic, I figure there has to be at least one Viking on this website. Your argument rests on three key points. Firstly that the world is too overcrowded as it is, secondly that infertile couples create a substantial addition to the number of prospective parents for each generation, and thirdly that individual people do not deserve to be happy. Well this is going to be fun. For the first point I would ask you to consider the fact that Earth is far from overcrowded. There's plenty of space and resources, the only problem is the fact that people are packed so tightly together and politics plays such a vital role in the collective movement of mankind that the spaces that are left are generally undesirable (I'm looking at you, Somalia, The Middle East, and so on) due to cultural or physical differences and resources are stockpiled and dished out as per political will. It's nothing personal, it's just business. Imagine, for example, taking half the population of India and sticking them in the farmable but generally not-too-friendly regions of Africa. Some of them would get along fine, I'm sure. Some of them would adapt and grow and provide additional resources to the country and people. Others wouldn't, others might be vilified for their cultural differences, or their difference in faith, or just the fact that they weren't born African. People don't want to take that chance. Generally they feel more comfortable at their home, so that's where most people stay. Aggressive expansion programes are needed, don't get me wrong, but to say the whole planet is overcrowded is a bit like packing four lions into a 3X5 cage and then claiming that the whole zoo is full. For the second point, lets examine the actual number of infertile people currently alive, according to a source I'll post at the bottom, infertility rates are rising but are currently at about 15% in affluent countries. If we assume that's a standard and known it down by maybe a third if we include non-affluent countries then I think maybe 10% should about do it. There are currently roughly 6.5 billion people living on this planet. 10% of that is roughly 650 million. Of those, I would think that not everyone would have access to the earlier mentioned infertility treatments. If we assume it depends on the poverty line and factor in the earlier-included non-affluent countries then I reckon maybe a third would actually have access to these treatments, so just over 200 million. that's 100 million couples, if we say that each couple has an average of two kids each, that's 200 million people born per generation. But remember, that's only 10% of the spawn output of the total human race, because we're talking about 10% of the population. The spawn contribution made by infertile people who aren't infertile anymore is at best negligable compared to the spawn output of people with fully functioning dangly bits. For the third point, shame on you, Thor smite your genitals with the wrath of a menstruating serpent. If you want to help combat global overpopulation, I have a pair of shears and a shedload of painkillers you can borrow. I recommend laying down a towel. Sources: Infertility rates rising, says Scotsman: http://news.scotsman.com...