Thanks! Happy to see real-time updates on the internet.
I did see Calum’s papers—I didn’t reply because I didn’t have time to meaningfully engage with all those sources, and it looked like others replied first. There were some info that surprised me, but on a very brief skim, I don’t know if those sources actually bring me to the conclusion of:
Moreover, the unmet need for contraception in developing countries is also pretty low, and the proportion of this which is due to lack of access is very small—so the number of women not using contraception because they lack access to it is pretty miniscule.
RE: harm vs benefit tradeoff, I agree that this is basically irrelevant in terms of whether this is voluntary or not, though it is relevant in terms of deciding whether or not I should accept the suggestion at face value.
To close (as frankly, there’s only so much brainpower I’m willing to extend on this semantic consideration), I maintain that the interventions I suggest would be the right thing to do.
Makes sense RE: capacity. Yeah, I’m not engaging with whether this is the right thing to do, all things considered—you could make a case for example that money spent on these charities could plausibly be better spent elsewhere, though to be clear, I would personally find it pretty aversive to justify this primarily because we wanted higher rates of unwanted pregnancies to increase population size. I’m mainly suggesting that even if you think this is the right thing to do, it shouldn’t be considered “voluntary abortion reduction” for the reasons I illustrate above.
RE: your response to Julia’s, I’ll add a quick comment in that thread.
Thanks! Happy to see real-time updates on the internet.
I did see Calum’s papers—I didn’t reply because I didn’t have time to meaningfully engage with all those sources, and it looked like others replied first. There were some info that surprised me, but on a very brief skim, I don’t know if those sources actually bring me to the conclusion of:
RE: harm vs benefit tradeoff, I agree that this is basically irrelevant in terms of whether this is voluntary or not, though it is relevant in terms of deciding whether or not I should accept the suggestion at face value.
Makes sense RE: capacity. Yeah, I’m not engaging with whether this is the right thing to do, all things considered—you could make a case for example that money spent on these charities could plausibly be better spent elsewhere, though to be clear, I would personally find it pretty aversive to justify this primarily because we wanted higher rates of unwanted pregnancies to increase population size. I’m mainly suggesting that even if you think this is the right thing to do, it shouldn’t be considered “voluntary abortion reduction” for the reasons I illustrate above.
RE: your response to Julia’s, I’ll add a quick comment in that thread.