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If anything, we need even more ways to prevent births, instead of limiting people.
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But this isn't about preventing births, it's about escaping the consequences of one's choices.
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Going with Chan's premise that every woman that gets pregnant is a complete moron, do we really want to force that genetic material to be perpetuated? Or, is our smug righteousness worth the price in unwanted babies?
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What morons have to do with this, I don't know. However, my premise is that while all these women are using the "it's my body" excuse they're not exercising control over their own bodies at the time when it's most important to do so. Again, you don't wait until the horses are out of the barn before closing the barn door.
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And, something for conservative libertarians to consider: unwanted pregnancies may lead to welfare! So, it's your choice, either encourage contraception or be satisfied with a huge bureaucracy dedicated to child and unwed mother welfare. Perhaps another huge, nosy bureaucracy that stations agents around to ensure nobody fools around? Your call.
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Of course, I would do away with Welfare entirely (at least on a federal level). What you're missing here is the issue of personal responsibility. I expect people to take responsibility for their own choices instead of looking for ways of escaping the consequences of those choices.
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Personally, I think we have enough people here, competing for resources. Spewing babies out, based on some sort of moralistic righteousness, is not societally cost-effective or responsible.
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If they don't want to have babies then they have no business letting some horny bastard penetrate them. It really is just that simple.
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