If each country had a two child policy

[Blackcat21]

Just an idea and my opinion, and fully aware I will probably get flamed for this.

The population is rising, not shrinking, and with that is coming ridiculous house prices, global warming, running low on natural resources and foods.

Health services are stretched and school classes are increasingly full.

Wouldn’t an solution to this be only letting per couple or mother/father have two biological children each.

I must admit, it does annoy me when some women go on to have 3rd, 4th child etc just because “they want to” or want a large family, love being with children or love being a mother.

Motherhood is a beautiful thing but it could be restricted to two biological children only.

Overpopulation is impacting the earth too much.

If this couple wanted more children they can adopt.
There are thousands of children in the U.K. and other countries each year wanting to be adopted.

Doing this could possibly tackle overpopulation but increase the adoption of children.

Obviously I’m aware there is problems of how to monitor this, what if a woman gets pregnant against her will, accidental pregnancies etc but not that is the not the point or idea I’m trying to get across right now.

AIBU to think this could be a good approach?

Global population is set to decrease from mid century.

@sailmeaway

'also children waiting for adoption aren't some kind of booby prize - they often have complex needs and difficult backgrounds they aren;t waiting in the wings to be farmed out as a prize'

This. The number of people who have told me and DW we 'should' have adopted rather than selfishly (?) giving birth in a same-sex family is astonishing...

See also IVF. The comments you get ('stop playing God and just adopt') from sanctimonious people - inevitably with a clutch of their own easily-conceived biological children - are crazily insensitive.

@VladmirsPoutine

Over population is a myth - a nefarious one at that. Unequal distribution of resources among a host of other factors should be redressed first before we start regulating wombs.

Eh? It's really not, the Earth has finite resources and we're approaching an unsustainable global population. Read Ten Billion by Stephen Emmott and tell me you think over population is a myth!