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 you’re still confused.. WE ARE PREGNANT),” Chip wrote.
His wife shared a video of their baby’s 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.”
It’s “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 Canada’s 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.
Has she also said there is a need to shame Muslims & blacks for their large families? I didn’t think so.
So much for the “anti-life” vote. Instead of giving their views any credibility with debate, they should just be viewed as misanthropes. As such, their motivations or rationales do not matter.
I think liberals hate the fact that the Gaines are rich and can afford 5 kids
That, and that they’re Christian.
I long for the days when people used to mind their own business. The Gaines provide a lovely and loving home for their kids.
They aren’t having kids to collect welfare. Is it so hard for these libtards to just shut up and leave people alone once in a while?
It’s a race between the US and Canada to see who can can go from prosperity to a turd word order the fastest.
I loathe these people. Rather than leading by example and ceasing their use of oxygen, they run off at the mouth about how others should live.
Being a functional alcoholic, Kristen Pyszczyk writes, is no fun at all
The feminazi should complain about children born to unwed, unfit mothers.
Actually, I'd say that toxic garbage such as this is evidence that some people have NO shame . . .
Yep.
The feminist quoted has an evil and warped world view, she doesn’t even realize what chaos we face under the threat of depopulation in the western world.
Demographic Winter is a documentary that should be a part of high school curriculum. It shows the dangers of depopulation and no one ever hears about that.
I tend to get a bit hot under the collar and defensive about larger than average families;-).
FWIW, I think she is a soon-to-hit-middle-age unhappy, childless, unmarried, recovering alcoholic.
If so, that explains a lot.
Say that about some brown skinned people lady. I dare you.
Yeah exactly. These people don’t support choice at all.
Stupid Polack.
If she’s so worried about over-population, may I suggest she put her money where her mouth is and blow her brains out.
No, they aren’t coming close to a 300k profit.
I was Trumping up the numbers
Mind sick individual.
Lol. I see what you did there.
Children are a blessing, I wish we had a couple more.
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