vamrat said:
I will withhold my own opinion on the matter because I'd be interested in what you have to say without my own opinion being called into question without knowing what page you are on first.
In light these words, I can't help but recall Bill Hicks' (RIP) famous remark about the subject (paraphrased):
You're not a person till your name turns up in the phone book.
I used to rip the guy off all the time when I was seriously playing with Tollhouse 23. People would be dismayed by my smoking in bars (this is a feat given how much I was drinking that their concern would turn toward my smoking).
They would always ask: how many do you smoke a day?
I would answer: I am up to a two lighter a day habit.
Maybe I get to your question in earnest later. Maybe suggest another one. After all, one of the interesting traditional dichotomies which fell away some time ago from a strictly empirical basis is the difference between that which is alive and that which isn't.
The advent of the literature undead and all its fictional imaginings and its steady increase has more than a little to say on the matter.
In short, I could give you many answers. I just don't know if this is the proper question upon the question of abortion hangs much less the use of oral contraception.
In a strictly existential sense, I could use the old quip to the question is there life after death?
I am still waiting to see if there is life before.