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I hope not to sound like some sort of birth evangelist but could we not flip that statement? That portraits a child as someone that you need to protect from su

I hope not to sound like some sort of birth evangelist but could we not flip that statement? That portraits a child as someone that you need to protect from suffering at all costs. If your parents were to make the same argument towards you, as an adult, you would argue that it is perhaps condescending and removes somewhat your own agency. There is a _chance_ that any children that you bring into this world become not only an adult but an agent for (positive) change.

card_zero 1y ago
> If your parents were to make the same argument towards you, as an adult "Hey, it was unfair of us to bring you into this situation, so we were thinking maybe we should kill you." This does not follow. A person's resistance to having their shitty life terminated doesn't mean it was a good idea to begin it.