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>these societies were some of the most disturbing and violent ever

They weren't the ones who committed genocide on the entire continent.

Raising a child is not just "being alive". It requires a tremendous amount of uncompensated labor.

I guess "people that aren't rich have the right to comfortably raise a family" is an axiom that I had that I didn't really expect to have to defend.

unplanned pregnancies exist, and abortion access is spotty at best, especially for poor people

Because unless you’re an antinatalist, some people having children is socially necessary. If the next generation had no children, society would collapse. Also, many women have unplanned pregnancies.

Well yea, healthcare should be a right of all people and not contingent upon employment but that wasn’t really my point

Some, but not enough. Men and women should be absolutely equal in terms of economic power, they currently are not.

There’s a lot of things that are irrational to an employer, ie providing health insurance or limiting the hours their employees work. Fortunately labor laws exist and are enforced. And just to emphasize, I said the primary caregiver, who is usually but not slways a woman.