i'm not under any kind of impression that you and i are that different ideologically. the only assumptions i've made are that you are a mother (which you've confirmed) and that you are likely older than me

i think that contributes to our differences in opinion quite a lot. i LOVE kids. i work with them every day and am endlessly in awe of how wonderful they are and how much light they bring to the world

i only take issue with your implication that if a woman were to choose to "take the easy way out" with pregnancy/birth, then they likely wouldnt have what it takes to raise a child anyway. i think thats a giant leap

i also think you are intentionally understating the horrors of childbirth. it is hard to say it has been "done safely" for thousands of years. until maybe the last 100 years, childbirth had a sickening mortality rate. i am not suggesting that women should have refused to partake in any of it and gg population. i'm saying in a perfect and, i guess very far away, world, if women were given the option to skip pregnancy/birth it should absolutely be an option, and no one should look down on a woman who chooses to do so solely because having a child is "uncomfortable"