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06/24/2003 Archived Entry: ""

Sometimes having a child is the right choice, and sometimes it is a gigantic mistake. Sometimes have sex is good, and sometimes it is bad. Those things have been much more closely connected in the past than they are now. In the past, having sex pretty much meant having a child. For that reason, it used to be wrong to have sex prior to being ready to have kids. Essentially, sex outside of marriage used to be wrong, but it isn't anymore. The invention of contraception has greatly expanded the situations in which it is (potentially) right to have sex. This is good because it means that sex is no longer a mechanism that compels people to have children whether they want to or not.

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Yes, but until people get their heads round abortion, there will still be "accidental" children, which means that the question "When is it right to have children?" will continue to be ignored.

"There's never a right time," "I didn't want a baby, but I wouldn't lose him now for the world" and so on contribute to the overal moral delusion that however bad one's circumstances and parenting ideas, reproducing is always good to do.

Posted by Alice @ 06/24/2003 01:15 PM EST

Well said Woty. People should use the best contraceptive methods available. There are risks of condoms breaking and stuff. The best temporary contraception method that I know of so far is the Implanon implant.


I think abortion is wrong, though. Those ideas you mentioned, Alice, like "I didn't want a baby, but I wouldn't lose him now for the world" are not as bad as you paint them.


It doesn't mater if you have a child you weren't fully prepared to if you are committed to do your best. Babies up to 6 months or more only need breasts, so if mother has enough to feed herself, she has time to sort things out.


Also, there is open adoption.

Posted by Leo @ 06/25/2003 09:15 AM EST