Today's news tells us that 37% of all children in America are born out of wedlock, a horrifying number indeed

Question

Right to Lifers, What percentage of that number is a direct result of your anti- abortion, anti- sex ed and anti-birth control efforts ? Obviousley zero and one hundred percent are not acceptable answers.

Answer 1

What's so wrong with a child born out of wedlock?

My son is a year old.

I am not married.

F*ck off.

Answer 2

Not too sure what you were getting at.

If what you are saying is that there are lots of children being born because their parent(s) did not know about contraception, and were in situations where they could not get an abortion either due to the lack of physicians who would do the procedure or out of fear of their parents, I agree it is horrible.

If what you are saying is children born out of wedlock is horrifying, I do not agree. These days people are charting their own course in how they will live their lives.

Being married is not the be all and end all of a relationship, many people these days are finding they are comfortable without the OK from the state to be a couple.

There are also people who just want their lives to be them and their child, I know several, and for those that can handle that, Go for it!

Answer 3

I'm assuming you got your information from this web site,

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr48/nvs48_16.pdf

Sorry about the cut and paste job but it takes a bit of work to find the data and what the experts have to say on the matter.


The reasons the National Health center gives for this is different than yours.

"The percent of all births to unmarried women rose steeply
through the early 1990’s because of four concurrent trends (figures 1,
6, and tables 1 and 4). First are the increases in the number and
proportion of unmarried women as more and more women from the
baby boom generation postponed marriage (figures 4, 5, and tables 5
and 7); second, the increases in birth rates for unmarried women of all
ages (figure 2, table 3); third, a decrease in birth rates for married
women (figure 7, table 8); and fourth, a decline in the number of
married women in age groups 18–29 years (table 5). Thus, the percent
of all births that were to unmarried women rose because births to
unmarried women increased while births to married women declined."

Answer 4

I don't see anything wrong with children being born out of wedlock - at least if the woman is old enough and responsible enough to take care of a child. However, a lot of children born out of wedlock probably are born to women that are not old enough to live independently and raise a child by themselves. A lot are probably born to girls still in high school, which is why I think all high school girls should be required to be on birth control, just like they are required to get tetanus shots. If you can't drink, vote, or join the military, I don't think you should have a kid. Get on the pill girls.

The problem isn't that they are born out of wedlock, it is that people who aren't ready to raise kids are having A LOT of kids.

Answer 5

People seem not to learn from others mistakes. Many countries in the world are struggling to deal with over population and the problems that come with it. The time will come for America also. Maybe not in our lifetimes but it will come if the birth rate isn't reduced. Whether or not marriage is a part of the process is immaterial. A single parent is most capable of rearing a child.

Answer 6

You beautifully demonstrate our case...
You don't see the value of human life beyond a statistic or situation... every life has value in any situation and are you saying these 37% are not worthwhile?
And let's throw in a more realistic, pratical view of the statistic: Right-to-Lifers for the most part agree that couples should be married and are against sex before marriage.So how do you even remotely correlate the problem with them?

And all you can see is lives that apparently are less in value and judge them... very troubling.

Answer 7

I'm trying to understand your logic. You think that because of this effort that people ARE being born out of wedlock. That's like saying that a person who says that drinking and driving is dangerous is responsible for all the drunk driving deaths.

Answer 8

You're blaming Christians for this? Our message is one of abstinance until marriage. How do virgin girls contribute to illigitimate children?

Your message of free love and promiscuity is at fault. Your devaluation of marriage is at fault. Your programs that pass out contraception to 13 year olds promotes sexual activity before marriage. Turn that finger around and then maybe you can start to help us Christian clean up the mess your ilk created!

For those of you who don't think this is a problem, consider that 95% of all convicted felons did not have a father figure that played a prominent role in their life. Consider that unmarried women are twice as likely to die in any given year than married ones. Consider that drug use, A.D.D., teen pregnancy, depression, and homosexuality rates are significantly higher for children in single parent homes.

Congratulations to those of you who have beaten the odds but understand that high illigitamacy rates are NOT beneficial to society as a whole.

Answer 9

So what's the problem with kids born out of wedlock? Me and My boyfriend of 8 years never plan to marry. This isn't the 1920s! LMAO!

Answer 10

My parents had me sixteen years ago out of wedlock. They are still together today, fight less than any other parents I've seen, and we are living happily and comfortably in an upper-middle class society.

Answer 11

there are no illegitimate children. just illegitimate parents. acceptable answer or not, the responsibility of right to lifers for the actions of another is ZERO.