Time Immortal

Captain Capitalism has the details, which are frankly shocking. “706 abortions per 1,000 births in [the U.S.] capital, Washington ie-on average 12% of pregnancies in the US end in abortion and in DC over a third.”

Convenience. That’s all this is: convenience. Abortion, in the U.S., is expensive, and procuring the procedure costs over $1,000. Birth control pills, for a year, might cost $500. Condoms probably cost about the same, over the same time frame.

But birth control pills are inconvenient; with a few notable exceptions, most need to be taken according to a rigid regimen, and who has the energy to deal with a hassle like a regular schedule? Condoms, on the other hand, aren’t usually that comfortable — “bareback” just feels better. Besides, it’s like Kleenex, right? You never quite know when that box is going to run out, and it sucks to be caught up short.

So why not just skip the pills and the condoms altogether. Screw now, abort later…no problem.

The triumph of post-Christian sexual Morality. What a world we’ve made for ourselves, eh?

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