(August 1, 2015 at 2:33 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Lots of people do not "intentionally" bring kids into it. That's part of the problem.
Yes. But I have been successful. I was never careless about my actions. I have had a very strong desire not to mess this up. And I am not as stupid as many people are.
I remember taking a sex education class in high school, and the most striking thing to me was the silly nonsense that some people believed. Like the absurd falsehood that there can't be a pregnancy the first time one has sex. I never believed that piece of nonsense, or any other similar nonsense about sex. Believing bullshit can have serious repercussions. And so can being careless.
Of course, it is not only from stupidity and carelessness that unintended pregnancies occur. But it is for a lot of them. According to the CDC, the majority of unintended pregnancies (in the U.S.) involve no use of birth control:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr055.pdf
And, of course, some people do not properly use birth control even when they say they are using it, and so we may conclude that some of those who do use (or say they use) birth control are also being stupid or careless as well.
The upshot is, there would be a whole lot fewer unintended pregnancies if people were not stupid and/or careless. It would not totally eliminate them, but they would be very significantly reduced.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
