... Ok, I just want to remind people that I did get pregnant using birth control (condoms). It was the only thing my husband and I were able to use at the time. Granted, I took the risk knowing that I would be willing to have an abortion should it fail (and I did). Still, I'm not about to cast stones at people for things I've done. I'm not religious by any means, nor was I raised to think one has to remain a virgin until they are married. I had plenty of sex before I was married, and I guess I lucked out not having my BC fail. It wasn't until after I was married that I got pregnant.
I know there are people on this board who have actually stopped having sex with their partners due to fear of pregnancy, and I salute them for that kind of resolve. But, my husband and I would not be willing to go that far. I'm a geneticist by trade, and my job wouldn't exist if the desire to procreate weren't such a strong drive in living creatures. I understand that for some reason (which may or may not be an adaptive trait), I do not want to actually have a child. However, I REALLY do enjoy sex. I've also read studies that show when people are sexually aroused, it actually affects their rational thought processes. Before a date, a woman might be thinking straight enough to put a condom in her purse, but in the heat of the moment... well, yeah. We humans put ourselves up on pedestals believing our big brains make us the exceptions to the rules of nature. From everything I've ever seen, we seem to follow the rules just as well as any other animal. This includes having a proportion of the population that chooses not to reproduce, which is common in many insects and a few birds and mammals species that I know about.
I don't know much about most of the drama created by the human race, but I definitely understand getting pregnant when that wasn't your true intention. Maybe there should be more of a push for BC methods that can help rule out "human error," like IUDs and the progesterone injection. Give women a fighting chance while they are thinking rationally.
