1. There are a lot of people in this country who are Roman Catholic and don’t believe in artificial birth control.
2. Even with birth control, accidents happen. There’s no such thing as fail-safe birth control; even the Pill has a 1% failure rate, and one percent of all the millions of women on the Pill represents a lot of babies.
I repeat, a child is a gift from God. Doesn’t look to me as though this father is sorry he had his daughter or as though she is sorry she’s alive. Neither of my children is sorry that their father and I had them when Dad was in his fifties.
First off, I am positive that many, many Roman Catholics do use artificial birth control. And as for your statement on failures, sure, they happen but I don't think that's a problem with men and women "of a certain age" (your words).
Oh yeah, there are fail-safe means of avoiding pregnancy. They are known as vasectomies (in men...maybe you've heard about them) and "tube-tying" (I don't recall the exact medical term) in women. 100 percent fail-safe.