Delaying children because of the economy
Considering that so much of the economy is perception, and the media has hit a constant drumbeat of pessimism, one feels lucky that there are any children running around at all. But this
bad story about declining birthrates,
coupled with Nancy Pelosi's idiocy that birth control promotes economic growth shows that people forget the economy isn't driven by robots or equipment, but by people: their innovation, ideas, hard work, labor, time, capital and training. The economy is a word that reflects the collective work of millions of people, and when we abort people away, when we contracept future generations and children, we artificially constrict our economy and our progress. Society thrives on children, on workers, on artists and engineers: on the 'unwanted' kid who works hard and raises a nice family and works his hands to the bone to make a good life for himself. Why have we forgotten that it is great to be alive, and great to be with people? Our resources are infinite if we continue to unleash the potential God gave man through reason, time and the many resources abundant all over.
Labels: abortion, children, contraception, Democrats, Economics, policy
Humanae Vitae's Prophecies: Everyone's Unhappy
I've been reading
this fabulous article about
Humanae Vitae's proven prophecies by
Mary Eberstadt in the latest issue of
First Things, kindly mailed to me by local pro-life warrior Charles Coudert. The article well summarizes the many ridiculous arguments thrown against Humanae Vitae when it was released in 1968, and shows how the many predictions involving the breakdown of the family through infidelity, single-parenting and the degradation of women has led us to this point in society where the family is under constant attack. Fundamentally changing the relationship of men and women, and the sexual relationship, has wide societal impacts that few are willing to admit, this article is stunning in its claims and impacts.
Eberstadt references an article by Lori Gottlieb in
the Atlantic called "
Marry Him!", which I'm printing out and about to read. Look at this paragraph by Eberstadt in regards to the Gottlieb article:
Gottlieb writes as one who played by all the feminist rules, only to realize too late that she’d been had. Beneath the zippy language, the article runs on an engine of mourning. Admitting how much she covets the husbands of her friends, if only for the wistful relief of having someone else help with the childcare, Gottlieb advises: “Those of us who choose not to settle in hopes of finding a soul mate later are almost like teenagers who believe they’re invulnerable to dying in a drunk-driving accident. We lose sight of our mortality. We forget that we, too, will age and become less alluring. And even if some men do find us engaging, and they’re ready to have a family, they’ll likely decide to marry someone younger with whom they can have their own biological children. Which is all the more reason to settle before settling is no longer an option.”
Yikes! The mental and psychological issues going on are downright scary. How did we get to this point, where everyone's unhappy? We see a simple little pill as liberating us to live in the moment, not realizing that we have an entire life of unhappiness, loneliness and emptiness awaiting us if we don't fully live with one another, full love into one another, and save sex for a marriage where the two flesh become one.
Labels: Catholicism, contraception, family, pro-life
