| Mr Khan said: I meant "family planning" in the holistic sense, to tie back into the argument about why these clinics are good for more than just abortions. Planned Parenthood isn't some sort of cover to deceive, after all. The idea is that, when women in developed countries feel confident that they can have kids without it being a detriment to their lives as such, they are more likely to do so. This is the bigger issue in Japan, which needs to be addressed by the Diet in terms of amending the Koseki system and either incentivizing or forcing employers to do more to support working mothers, as well as vastly broadening kindergarten/daycare availability. The support structure for expectant mothers needs to be there. A legit planned parenthood clinic could convince a woman to have that baby, by way of demonstrating the presence of supportive services. In a world where women are aware of options other than "have sex -> get pregnant," they will take those options if they feel it is a non-ideal situation. The goal should be to create an infrastructure that is both caring and inclusive, and knocking down a bunch of these clinics for no good reason is not going to achieve that. It's not particularly ingenuous to ask "what could have been," either. The next Babe Ruth, or the next Ted Bundy? More likely the latter, if the child was unwanted, being born into a broken home or an impoverished situation. Sure there's the possibility of greatness, but the odds are quite long on that one. |
Throughout history we have plenty of examples of children who were abandoned becoming extremely successful and improved the overall human condition through their contributions through art, science and technological advancements. We also have examples of the Ted Bundy’s of the world that create hell on earth and abortion supporters just by them being alive.
If out of a thousand unwanted children, if 2 become successful and embody what I stated was the extreme positive and 20 people hell on earth then it’s a net positive on humanities benefit. The impact of the positives would have a greater span then hundreds of those hells on earth monsters. More people will benefit from their contributions, their life would improve, a rippling effect would happen and you’d see an almost business and shareholder relationship between said wonder child and everyone who attached themselves either directly or indirectly to him. The murder, rapist, sadist would have an extreme impact on a small group of people and their families. The impact would never reach the scope of the wonder boy and in terms of length of time either contributions/crimes would be impactful on society the hell raises actions will fall into obscurity rather quickly.
Considering those dynamics I will always choose the potential of life rather than snuffing it.
