[gooseCile]

If reproduction is unwanted, then don't have intercourse. Treat the itch, rather than the effect that comes from scratching the itch. Or, there are other ways to bond sexually without inseminating the womb. Then there's no need for birth control or abortion (except in the case of rape and when the mother's life is endangered).

If unwanted reproduction happens, then have a healthy birth and if necessary find a good home for the child.

Our modern culture, alienated from seasonal breeding tides, has convinced ourselves that the agitating itch is a "need". We've created a "need" in the mind complete with narratives that would have us believe that we're not whole and can't be happy unless we're regularly and reactively scratching that agitating itch for our entire life - even though common sense tells us that the more we scratch it physically and mentally, the more habitually agitated it becomes. We consider ourselves to be sexually liberated, but when examined closely, it begins to look more like slavery.

Elder cultures reserved breeding for breeding seasons, and by doing so, channeled the energy behind that itch into the common good, while carefully managing population in balance with the limits and boundaries of the natural world.