The government should not decide how many children a woman can have.

First, I'd like to thank my opponent for starting this debate and am delighted to have the opportunity to demonstrate that the government should decide how many children a woman can have. Response/Idea mode...Activate!!! Idea: "It seems today women have been encouraged to have vast amounts of children and the taxpayers or the government will take care of them." Response: 1. Where's the evidence/sources supporting the notion that women have been encouraged to have more children? 2. Where's the evidence/sources supporting the notion that taxpayers/government will take care of them? 3. The resolution states that the government "should not decide" which doesn't imply encouragement but force. 4. The resolution is not "the government should not encouragement having vast amounts of children." Idea: "Look at this latest women with 6 children at home and her doctor inseminates her with 8 more. What where they thinking, 14 kids who's going to support them?" Response: 1. Where's do we look at? Where's the source of this story so we can learn more about this "situation." 2. Is the government forcing her to have 14 babies? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *My argument* The government should decide how much babies we can have because overpopulation will produce numerous undesirable outcomes. For example, in China where there are several social, economic, and environmental problems. By introducing the one-child policy, great success have been achieved in helping to implement China's current economic growth. The reduction in the fertility rate and thus population growth has reduced the severity of problems that come with overpopulation, such as overwhelmed social services (such as health, education, law enforcement) epidemics, slums, and strain on the ecosystem from abuse of fertile land and production of high volumes of waste. It has also been reported that better health service for women came with a reduction in the risks of death and injury associated with pregnancy. There also have been increased savings rates and economic growth. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org... The fertility rate for women born outside Britain is estimated to be 2.5, compared with 1.7 for those born in the United States. The global population of 6.7 billion is expected to rise to 9.2 billion by 2050. Source: http://women.timesonline.co.uk... Here are the some undesirable outcomes going along with overpopulation: *Inadequate fresh water for drinking water use as well as sewage treatment and effluent discharge. *Depletion of natural resources *Deforestation and loss of ecosystems *Irreversible loss of arable land and increases in desertification *Mass species extinctions. *High infant and child mortality *Unhygienic living condition *Elevated crime rate Therefore, the government should decide how many children a woman can have. We don't need more people than Earth can support so please, we don't need more people producing more than enough babies. :D Source: http://en.wikipedia.org... And that shall do it for now. I will likely provide additional arguments in the next round. Later. :D