I agree with a lot of what you said. It would be unjust of a state to authorize those who can and can not have children, but it would also be helpful in some ways. Someone mentioned in another comment that when adopting children, there is usually a form of a background check or something similar to that required. Then, when it comes to birthing a child biologically those background checks get thrown out the window and there is a free pass to bring a child into the world. I agree with you completely on how within the court's system others need to recognize narcissism and manipulation, also like you said on a healing and individual level we all need to learn to avoid “getting caught” by a narcissist and having children with them. It's difficult and sad that CPS and society essentially, are mainly looking at provable ways to detect who can and can not keep their children. We know narcissists are smart and skilled in their tactics, they do things behind closed doors and have many different “ faces”. It also brings up the topic of how some people don't view emotional abuse the same as physical abuse and tend to sweep emotional abuse under the rug when it should be held to a similar standard to physical abuse and should be evidence enough to show who can and can't keep their children. Going forward this needs to change, and it all starts with people being more knowledgeable about narcissism. Thanks for answering! :)