Re: Medicine is useless

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
DWood78828 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Subject: Re: Medicine is useless
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  (Herman Rubin)

>>I do not see how it is not responsive.  Contraceptive measures
>>have been easily available for the whole period; they are not
>>used by most peasant women until they have had lots of children.

>Herman, have you ever examined the reasons that certain groups of women do not
>use contraceptives?  Among the reasons, are religious views, spousal
>opposition, economic, infant and toddler mortality.


>They donot keep having them for the fun of it, despite what you think.


I never claimed that.  But those who attempt to use the
arguments usually used to claim that mere education or
availability or a combination of the two are sufficient
to get women not to have children are just wishing.

The same thing holds when one makes anything available;
people will use it as it suits THEM.  To get responsible
behavior requires that the competitive forces act in the
right manners, not in having government handouts.


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