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Just a quick comment on people in developing countries and not having children- I feel that was a particularly insensitive comment.
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Insensitive, maybe, but there is truth to it. Of course, in countries where women have any meaningful social role (beyond that of breeding machine) they usually find methods of controlling their own fertility. Granted, some places have such tremendous political and social problems that a more advanced social role for women is not at the top of their priority list.
However, people in 3rd world countries are not the only ones who continue having children whom they can't support. There are plenty of children right here in America who were conceived by parents who knew full well that they couldn't support another child. So ... what's the answer there?