[Livia]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

You think it surprising that one woman can see the failure to control birth rates in undeveloped countries with decades of famine behind them and should not suggest sterilisation after a woman has borne one or two children as a possible solution?

I'd call that an intelligent solution. Being a woman doesn't mean I have to share the desire to allow women to continue breeding and bringing more mouths into the world than they can already feed, clothe, etc.

The reason so many die in childbirth - or children die young is down to the very lifestyle they are living: in famine and destitution. Much of all that is connected would slow down and cease. It's long known that the usual methods of contraception are shunned. If they can't help themselves in some way.....

I think it surprising that as a woman, you seem to be totally unaware of the plight of women in the developing world. Because the usual methods of contraception are shunned, you're going to force a woman to be sterilised. Well, that's not a new idea, Hitler thought along the same lines: they're worth less than us so we can decide to sterilise them.

The reason many die in childbirth is that access to healthcare is sporadic at best, and in some Islamic countries women are denied heathcare all together. Many women in the third World have no choice because they have no power. Education is the only thing that will save them in the long run, but like access to healthcare, access to education is not a right for women.

Finally, to refer to them as "breeding" likens them to animals.