Historically we’ve tolerated MUCH higher rates of infant and child mortality than we do today. People will keep having kids even if most of them will die.
Agreed. It’s just now we have more options. At least we did before the Christian Nationalist Supreme Court made abortion illegal in half of the US. Even with this there are still more options and more education than in the distant past.
Historically we’ve tolerated MUCH higher rates of infant and child mortality than we do today. People will keep having kids even if most of them will die.
All of their children will die; it is only a matter of when.
Put another way: every time a parent gives birth, they are bestowing the irrevocable gift of one day experiencing dying to their child.
I don’t think many women had a choice in the matter.
Agreed. It’s just now we have more options. At least we did before the Christian Nationalist Supreme Court made abortion illegal in half of the US. Even with this there are still more options and more education than in the distant past.
“even if”? Biologically, knowing that most of your offspring are going to die is a reason to have as many kids as possible.