I understand what (I believe) are Rob and Pyrrho's objections to having kids - you're essentially gambling that their lives will be better than your own, and they cannot consent to it. IMO, that's a strong argument for free access to contraceptives and access to places like Planned Parenthood, which isn't just an abortion clinic.
No one is served by people simply popping out babies. It becomes a drain on resources across the board - food, water, shelter, fuel, entitlements, etc. And the numbers show that upward socioeconomic movement is largely a myth. No matter what economic level you're born into, you're far, far more likely to stay there or drop than move up. Therefore, the moral thing to do is not have babies if you cannot afford to support them.
Abstinence is a pipe dream. People, young people especially, are going to fuck. If Bristol Palin, a poster child for conservative Christian values, can't adhere to abstinence, then it's foolish to think that other people can, or even should.
A town in Colorado experimented with opening access to contraceptives to teens and low-income people. Not only did the unwanted birth rate plummet, so did the number of abortions: http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/10/health/col...index.html
This is the kind of thing we need to implement on a national level. It's not about condoning premarital sex. Kids are already having it. It's never going to stop. It's about having it happen safely, and without being a drain on the rest of society. It's about people having kids when they can actually support them.
No one is served by people simply popping out babies. It becomes a drain on resources across the board - food, water, shelter, fuel, entitlements, etc. And the numbers show that upward socioeconomic movement is largely a myth. No matter what economic level you're born into, you're far, far more likely to stay there or drop than move up. Therefore, the moral thing to do is not have babies if you cannot afford to support them.
Abstinence is a pipe dream. People, young people especially, are going to fuck. If Bristol Palin, a poster child for conservative Christian values, can't adhere to abstinence, then it's foolish to think that other people can, or even should.
A town in Colorado experimented with opening access to contraceptives to teens and low-income people. Not only did the unwanted birth rate plummet, so did the number of abortions: http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/10/health/col...index.html
This is the kind of thing we need to implement on a national level. It's not about condoning premarital sex. Kids are already having it. It's never going to stop. It's about having it happen safely, and without being a drain on the rest of society. It's about people having kids when they can actually support them.
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