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Originally Posted by AGDee
I really disagree with your philosophy that there is no such thing as an accidental pregnancy. When a birth control method fails, it is an accident. It's kind of like saying that there is no such thing as a car accident because every time you get into a car, you could run into something or something could run into you. That doesn't mean that you intend for it to happen. If you don't intend for it to happen, it is an accident. I suppose for some, the only purpose of sex is procreation, but for most, it's also an intimate way to express the deepest form of romantic love possible. To me, any unplanned pregnancy is an accident, including my own two children who were both surprises to me. When you take reasonable precautions against becoming pregnant and you get pregnant anyway (and I know people whose vasectomies have failed even), I would call that an accident. I don't expect that we'll agree on this ever, but I wanted to present another viewpoint anyway.
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And that is the glory of having an opinion, everyone is entitled to their own. No one is denying the intimacy involved in sex and expressing romantic love that way. I was stating the biological fact and my opinion. Do people have sex for purposes other than procreation? Obviously. Does that make a pregnancy any more or less of a surprise? Not really. That is why I can call it a surprise and not an accident.
All the precautions in the world can fail, and the couple can end up with a surprise, but it was most certainly not an accident. In looking at the actual definition of accident (here's one : any event that happens unexpectedly, without a deliberate plan or cause.) you can't say that the sex wasn't deliberate. Now was it an unforseen incident? (another definition) No. It's comes back down to the biology of it. They had sex. Sex can make babies.
It's truly great that we can have own opinions, and that you see flaws in my philosophy, however while I have heard your viewpoint from numerous people I'll stick with the biology of it all.