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I'm aware that there can be complications in birth, but that doesn't mean all births will have complications.
Honey, it's not just births that have complications. Even perfectly normal, healthy pregnancies have dramatic health effects on the mother; just to take the most prevalent example, most women gain weight during pregnancy that they are unlikely to lose later, putting them at higher risk of heart disease, diabettes, stroke, high blood pressure, and a plethora of other issues for the rest of their lives. That's in a
normal pregnancy. Then, assuming a
normal birth, there is hours of excruciating pain. There is also a financial cost; responsible prenatal care and childbirth can cost tens of thousands of dollars, again in a
normal situation. There is water bloating, back pain, nausea, etc. There are literally dozens of lab tests, done with multiple lab draws (meaning being stuck with a needle over and over), being prodded in intimate parts by strange (often male) doctors. Even a
normal pregnancy is NOT fun, and, as I said earlier, the only reason a woman should have to put up with it is because she wants the child that will develop by the end.
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besides, you're acting like the woman has been infected with some insidious parasite that she had nothing to do with contracting. that generally isn't the case. If you're that scared of getting pregnant, why even have sex?
That's a little bit like asking, 'if you're afraid of gaining weight, why ever eat?'
Because husbands and wives like to show physical affection for each other even if they don't want kids.
Because sex is one of the strongest biological drives we experience, whether we want kids or not.
Because sex is fun, whether we want kids or not.
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I meant "independent: in the since that it is an individual unique from it's mother, not that it could survive on it's own. I thought this was understood.
Then you meant 'unique,' not 'independent.'
A cancer cell is also unique, living, human, and capable of growth. Some, for that matter, are even able to be independent of a human, given a little moisture and nutrition once in a while.