...to bring a child into existence without a fair prospect of being ab…

John Stuart Mill
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...to bring a child into existence without a fair prospect of being able, not only to provide food for its body, but instruction and training for its mind is a moral crime, both against the unfortunate offspring and against society ✨ John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill, p.233, Hackett Publishing
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