Posted on 01/15/2018 10:14:32 PM PST by Architect of Avalon
CANADA, January 15, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) Procreation is becoming a global public health concern, rather than a personal decision, a feminist wrote for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in an article trashing "Fixer Upper" stars Chip and Joanna Gaines for having a fifth child.
It's not an exaggeration to say that the survival of our species depends on population control, Kristen Pyszczyk wrote. Even though population control carries with it associations with eugenics and other nasty historical events...we still need to talk about it.
The Gaines couple of HGTV fame announced the existence of their fifth child by posting a photo on Instagram. In it, Chip and Joanna compare their bellies.
Gaines party of 7.. (If youre still confused.. WE ARE PREGNANT), Chip wrote.
His wife shared a video of their babys heartbeat on Twitter.
Not everyone is happy the Gaines children each have a fourth sibling, though.
Quoting Stephen Hawking and speculating that humans might need to colonize another planet within 100 years to survive, Pyszczyk urged, let's lighten the load, friends.
The idea that procreation is fulfilling needs to be challenged, Pyszczyk wrote, and women need to be presented with options for a fulfilling life that don't involve taking 20 years of their lives to care for offspring.
Its great that people are beginning to react in a hostile way to large families, she wrote, but we need to go much farther.
Citing carbon footprints, Pyszczyk argued those in the global West must be given alternatives to the natural family.
This inevitably involves calling out people who have kids like they're going out of style, Pyszczyk wrote. Shame is a powerful tool for changing behaviour: it's how we introduce new and existing social conventions. It's unfortunate that Chip and Joanna bore the brunt of changing attitudes, but let's learn from the reaction and examine our own actions.
Procreation is becoming a global public health concern, rather than a personal decision, she insisted. So when people do irresponsible things like having five children, we absolutely need to be calling them out.
Pyszczyk admitted that Canadas birth rates are plummeting, but suggested that Trump restricting funding for international abortion organizations may increase immigration to Canada.
Pyszczyk also claimed that as a feminist, I tend to oppose any cultural conversation that involves telling a woman what to do with her body.
Nevertheless, changing the narrative around motherhood should help to offset some of the cultural conditioning we receive throughout our lives and it's not OK to have five kids without once considering adoption.
There are so many children in North America and beyond in need of loving homes, yet adoption rates in many areas are lagging, she complained.
There are 114,556 children waiting to be adopted in the U.S., according to the Adoption Network Law Center. More than half a million babies are aborted annually in the U.S. Some states do not require facilities to report how many abortions they commit, so an exact number is unavailable.
There have been 60 million abortions since Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court case legalizing abortion on demand.
In November 2017, NBC printed an article in which a bioethicist argued having many children is immoral like releasing murderers from prison.
Joanna is Filipina
Most big families are good taxpaying citizens and are not prison-bound.
I am the only one in my family who ever went to jail. And that was because I blocked an abortion clinic with 35 other people.
That part in the Declaration of Independence that talks about life means mostly the life of the family, the smallest unit that deserves protection from government intrusion, which also has its right to exist just because.
It is none of anybody's business what Joanna and Chip do with their family.
This lady needs to shut her mouth.
They buy dumps, fix them up and sell them for $300K profit, I am sure they can afford 5 kids
Its the moms who have 5 kids, from 5 different daddies, who are on welfare.
Those are the problems
I think liberals hate the fact that the Gaines are rich and can afford 5 kids
Actually her father is American and her mother is Korean.
I guess another way to put it would be to say "People having babies in sh*tholes is the problem."
Im a fan of of Chip and Joanna and their show and am so very happy to hear they are expecting.
In one of their earlier shows, Joanna came to Chip and said , Guess whos pregnant? His funny please tell me its not you made me sad so this is very exciting. From what Ive seen and read they love Jesus, each other and their kids. They seem to be great parents raising great kids-the world needs more like them.
Good for them and may God continue to bless them.
A responsible working family is wrong to have another child? What about the indigent brood sow with five EBT kids by three different sires? Not a word about her, because that would be (all together now) RRRAA...oh, never mind!
as a feminist, I tend to oppose any cultural conversation that involves telling a woman what to do with her body.Well, unless I'm the one doing it.
The Feminazis have ALWAYS been for the right to choose...as long as the choice is to abort!
Scrooge McPyszczyk should cut her own throat and reduce the surplus population.
when you have two good parents, I'd like them to have a dozen children...
We are going to have to kill people who think like this one day
Sad but true
A war for the soul of humanity
That's to be sure that 2 or 3 will survive to adulthood.
Try colonizing the nearest star system! 23+- trillion mikes away without “billions and billions” of taxpayers.
They also own a B&B, a bakery and an online store. They have over 20 jobs positions waiting to be filled, as well as raising what seems to be a nice family with good work ethics. They aren’t just being responsible for their own family, they’re helping other families make a living and contribute to their community.
My handle... Was tired of waiting for PC garbage to go away. Took a long time to get Donald J. Trump across the finish line. Now I do believe what Franklin Graham said.... It was by the Grace of God that Donald J. Trump won the 2016 election.
Amen to that!
They are OK. God’s instructions were to be fruitful and multiply.
We don’t need to worry about over population now.
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