More immigration would solve the falling birthrate "problem" without pregnancy enforcement or penalizing my state (Maine) and others like it for having a large population of elders. (How, at age 77, am I supposed to contribute to Maine's birth rate?)
Ben Franklin was impregnating women into his 90s. (I somehow doubt that all of those sexual encounters were entirely “voluntary” as we understand that term today.) Imagining Ben and his female inferiors doing the deed is, candidly, disgusting. I guess men have “needs” that women do not. And men are entitled to take who or what they want, when they want, to satisfy their desires.
He famously said that he and his compatriots had given us a “republic.” An insidious term which, in practice, meant that slaveowners could keep their slaves, and small states would have greater influence than more populous states.
It might be all of the things you suggest. But people are feeling it is unsafe to have kids who won’t be vaccinated, won’t have proper school programs, etc. And women have been told they die if there is a problem with a pregnancy. They may not have access to birth control let alone mifepristone. And their husbands should lock them up inside the house to procreate or babysit for the whole of their lives. And that comes from Vance who has a very accomplished wife.
More immigration would solve the falling birthrate "problem" without pregnancy enforcement or penalizing my state (Maine) and others like it for having a large population of elders. (How, at age 77, am I supposed to contribute to Maine's birth rate?)
Ben Franklin was impregnating women into his 90s. (I somehow doubt that all of those sexual encounters were entirely “voluntary” as we understand that term today.) Imagining Ben and his female inferiors doing the deed is, candidly, disgusting. I guess men have “needs” that women do not. And men are entitled to take who or what they want, when they want, to satisfy their desires.
He famously said that he and his compatriots had given us a “republic.” An insidious term which, in practice, meant that slaveowners could keep their slaves, and small states would have greater influence than more populous states.
I guess I’m not Franklin’s biggest fan.
It might be all of the things you suggest. But people are feeling it is unsafe to have kids who won’t be vaccinated, won’t have proper school programs, etc. And women have been told they die if there is a problem with a pregnancy. They may not have access to birth control let alone mifepristone. And their husbands should lock them up inside the house to procreate or babysit for the whole of their lives. And that comes from Vance who has a very accomplished wife.