People fuck, kids happen.
Hasn’t been a serious issue since contraception became mainstream in the 70s.
I fuck all the time and have never had a kid naturally. I’ve got two adopted kids who are the loves of my life, though.
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backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 days agoNo it doesn’t. People fuck, kids happen. Recognizing people have human compulsions but don’t want to deal with the consequences requires forethought, whether that’s a condom, birth control, or sterilization. Fuck off with you “an issue that resolves itself” bullshit. Responsibility and self-awareness prevents it.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 days ago
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Source: www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_02/sr02-201.pdf
While there’s been a steady reduction in unwanted pregnancies since contraception and abortion were legalized, in the US alone around 35-40% of pregnancies are still unintended. That means in 2019 approximately 943,000 people came into this world as an “oops”.
I’m actually the result of an unplanned teen pregnancy and was adopted out (not the love of their lives however, more of an object upon which to heap their violence and rage). When I finally met my bio mom, who’s rad, after we’d gotten to know each other a bit she admitted she tried to abort me but was past the cutoff date by the time she realized. Some people don’t create children but become wonderful parents, some people don’t want kids but end up with them and make the choice to be good parents, some people desperately want to be parents but have selfish purposes.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 days ago
in the US alone around 35-40% of pregnancies are still unintended
A problem easily solved with expansion of access to contraception and abortion services.
These pregnancies are not the result of people fucking. They are the result of state and federal policy denying them access to baby-free sex.
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 2 days ago
I’m 100% with you that access to contraception and abortion should be human rights, but even if state limitations didn’t exist sex for fun and with full precautions would still sometimes result in the creation of a new human. 2019 was 40yrs into the US allowing access to contraceptives and abortion and still 1/3 of new people came into existence unintentionally.
gurty@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I have no idea what you are saying, did you reply to the wrong comment?
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 days ago
No. The implication that people who don’t want kids somehow don’t end up in situations where kids are produced is ludicrous. People don’t fuck just to make babies, but since that is a possibility, avoiding that outcome is a responsibility. Not everyone who doesn’t want kids automatically becomes a bad parent when they do occur, and not everyone who intentionally creates kids is a good parent.
gurty@lemmy.world 3 days ago
No, people who call kids ‘disease vectors’ shouldn’t have kids, silly billy.
RecursiveParadox@piefed.social 1 day ago
Gotta back him up on this point, and I think every parent will agree - from the time they are toddlers until late in high school you WILL catch every disease all the other kids at school had that week. Among most parents it’s a running joke.
Mine are grown now but still living at home and I STILL catch shit from them going around their unis.
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Your original reply implied that people who hold such a belief somehow end up not making babies because of that belief. I continue to suggest the onus is on people with that belief to prevent them while knowing that it’s quite likely they’re going to fuck, and frankly, your opinion about their reproductive rights and bodily autonomy is irrelevant. I mean, what’s your proposal, comb people’s post histories for comments like “disease vectors” and take their kids away when condoms fail or a pill is missed, or do we just sterilize/castrate them beforehand?