[Cavalier, a hypothetical. If a couple choses not to have another child because they won't be able to provide for that child, are they somehow being selfish?}
Yeah, because this is really a huge problem in the developed world.
Here's a more likely hypothetical. A live-in couple decide that the woman should get an abortion so they'll be able to buy a big screen plasma and make the payments for a luxury car. Is anything wrong with this?
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Ok, so they can´t provide the kids with a worth environment, so that they will have a miserable life which will lead them to be marginalised, has it anything to do with a plasma tv?, can´t you see that the money they spend on the operation is going to eat the income so that that plama tv can´t be bought?
I see Cavalier is so sheltered, that he has no idea there are actual poor people in the US (nevermind the rest of the world).
Is there a reason why these idiots always pick abortion whenever the topic of not having any more children comes around?
I am amazed at how backwards these people are. A huge problem in the developed world (hell, the entire world) is bringing more people into it, otherwise known as overpopulation.
No, actually, there isn't. I'd mu ch rather have a nice car and a big TV than a kid, and really, what I want is what matters when it comes to my body.
So let's see...
Here's a hint for Cavalier - there is life outside of Beverly Hills!enormous investment of not only money, but time and energy. What I do think is unbelievably selfish is self-righteous fucks who attempt to ram their beliefs on the moral superiority of childbearing down my child-free throat, especially given the issues with overpopulation and neglected children we already have.
Rahab:
If you don't want to raise kids, that's your choice, and there's no point or reason to condemn someone for that. It's giving up a pregnancy for strictly material (and rather superficial) reasons that's selfish.
The cost of a VERY high-end plasma TV is about the cost of supporting a child for three months.was under Thatcher, though...
We repeat. An abortion, and many side-costs of the operation, are not particularly affordable for many couples. I would say that it´s cheaper to have a baby, a plasma TV and a car rather than carry out an abortion. Besides, how many people who have had abortions have luxury cars and plasma TV?, I think it belongs, rather, to some of the fringe of the pro-life movement, but that´s because of something called INCOME.
"Here's a more likely hypothetical. A live-in couple decide that the woman should get an abortion so they'll be able to buy a big screen plasma and make the payments for a luxury car. Is anything wrong with this?"
No.
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