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Comment by pjkundert | Hacker News Reader

Given the state of the world, it's irresponsible to not have kids -- if you're a maker, giver, and lover of the neighbors, lands and wildlife surrounding you.

If you're a doughy-handed politician or jr. totalitarian central planner, be my guest; don't have children.

Let the adults and our awesome kids take care of the planet. You've tried to ruin it; we'll fix it. Your time is done.

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People have been claiming the world is getting overpopulated for centuries it seems, yet we always find a way to raise that bar. We could use a bit more optimism in the media...

How about adopting? Or fostering?

Awesome idea! Unfortunately, there is essentially no adoption in my country of Canada (single-digit infant adoptions annually in most provinces, nation wide).

It’s inexplicable, given that thousands of families are waiting years without success for a child, and many more have simply given up.

The government agencies are either incompetent beyond human comprehension - or are architected to actively suppress adoption.

The options presented to a prospective young mother who cannot care for her child are: Abortion, or Abandonment (to a terrible institutional care system); Adoption is basically not an option.

The barrier to entry for adoption is ridiculously high in the united States. Not only are you beholden to the ethics and morals of some agency but the hard cash necessary is significant ($10k+ in many cases). It's a badly broken system that is ripe for fixing.

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